Test 11 · ★ · Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors

smoothie's stuck in the blender, gonna push it with a spoon while its on

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: smoothie · What happens: push · To what, where: blender

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	smoothie	smoothie	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 push	nsubj
2	's	's	PART	_	1 smoothie	case
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 smoothie	amod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 blender	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 blender	det
6	blender	blender	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stuck	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 push	punct
8	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	9 push	dep
9	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 push	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 spoon	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 spoon	det
13	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 push	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 push	obl
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 on	nmod:poss
16	on	on	ADP	_	14 while	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	infinitive	smoothie	blender				with a spoon	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Use your finger instead, it's quicker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 finger	nmod:poss
3	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Use	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 quicker	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 quicker	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 quicker	cop
8	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Use	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	your finger				instead property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient
2	is	present	finger					quick property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Shake the blender hard while it's running

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 blender	det
3	blender	blender	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shake	obj
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Shake	advmod
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 running	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 running	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 running	aux
8	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Shake	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	imperative	you not said here	the blender				hard property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent blender=Patient
2	run	present · progressive	blender						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, push it gently and it'll be fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 push	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 push	obj
5	gently	gently	ADV	_	3 push	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fine	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fine	expl
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 push	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here	it				gently property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	future	you not said here					fine property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Switch it off and unplug it first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Switch	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Switch	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 unplug	cc
5	unplug	unplug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Switch	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unplug	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 unplug	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	imperative	you not said here	it					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	unplug	infinitive	you not said here	it				first property	tree rules

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