Test 11 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles

done painting, i'll wash the brushes tomorrow

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: done painting · What happens: wash · To what, where: brushes

This is test 11 of lesson 245 «Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles» 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	done	done	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 painting	amod
2	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wash	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 painting	punct
4	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 wash	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wash	aux
6	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brushes	det
8	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wash	obj
9	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wash	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	future	done painting	the brushes			tomorrow		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brush=Patient

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

Leave them standing in the paint pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Leave	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 pot	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pot	det
6	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pot	compound
7	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	them = they					tree rules
2	stand	gerund	them = they not said here			the paint pot			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pot=Location

Option 2

Put them in the drawer just as they are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 drawer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 drawer	det
5	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
6	just	just	ADV	_	9 are	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 are	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 are	nsubj
9	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	them = they		the drawer			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in drawer=Destination
2	does	present	they						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wash them now, dry paint ruins them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wash	obj
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Wash	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ruins	punct
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 paint	amod
6	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ruins	nsubj
7	ruins	ruin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wash	parataxis
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ruins	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	them = they			now		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	ruin	present	dry paint	them = they					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

Tomorrow is fine, paint stays wet for days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stays	punct
5	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stays	nsubj
6	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis
7	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stays	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 days	case
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tomorrow					fine property	tree rules
2	stay	present	paint				day	wet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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