Test 16 · ★ · Holidays of the region

Why must Christmas lights be kept away from curtains?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: keep away · To what, where: Christmas lights, curtains

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 kept	advmod
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	aux
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lights	compound
4	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kept	nsubj:pass
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 kept	aux:pass
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 kept	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 curtains	case
9	curtains	curtain	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kept	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	must · passive		Christmas lights		curtains		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from curtain=Eventuality

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They can heat up and start a fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heat	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 heat	aux
3	heat	heat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 heat	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 start	cc
6	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 heat	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 start	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat up	can	They						vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	start	infinitive	They not said here	a fire					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality

Option 2

It makes them flicker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	obj
4	flicker	flicker	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	them = they					tree rules
2	flicker	infinitive	them = they not said here						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Lights stick to curtains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stick	nsubj
2	stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 curtains	case
4	curtains	curtain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present	Lights					to curtains	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to curtain=Co-Patient

Option 4

Curtains block the light from outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Curtains	curtain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 block	nsubj
2	block	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 light	det
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 block	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 outside	case
6	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 block	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present	Curtains	the light					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer light=Beneficiary from outside=Eventuality

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