Test 8 · ★ · Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on b…
A boy from London visits New York and his three-pin plug won't fit the socket. Why?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, pin plug · What happens: visit, not fit · To what, where: New York, socket
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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
Sentence 1: A boy from London visits New York and his three-pin plug won't fit the socket.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 visits | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 London | case |
| 4 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | visits | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 York | flat |
| 7 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 visits | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 fit | cc |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 plug | nmod:poss |
| 10 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 pin | nummod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 three | punct |
| 12 | pin | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 plug | compound |
| 13 | plug | plug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fit | nsubj |
| 14 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 fit | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 fit | advmod |
| 16 | fit | fit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 visits | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 socket | det |
| 18 | socket | socket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fit | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 visits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | present | a boy from London | New York | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent york=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | not fit | future | boy's pin plug | the socket | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent socket=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.
Sentence 2: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
American electricity has no plugs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 electricity | amod |
| 2 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 plugs | det |
| 5 | plugs | plug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | American electricity | no plugs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Plugs differ between countries; he needs a travel adaptor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plugs | plug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 differ | nsubj |
| 2 | differ | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | between | between | ADP | _ | 4 countries | case |
| 4 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 differ | obl |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 needs | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 needs | nsubj |
| 7 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 differ | parataxis |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 adaptor | det |
| 9 | travel | travel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 adaptor | compound |
| 10 | adaptor | adaptor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | differ | present | Plugs | between countries | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | need | present | he | a travel adaptor | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot adaptor=Theme |
Option 3
The New York socket must be broken and should be reported
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 socket | det |
| 2 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 York | flat |
| 3 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 socket | compound |
| 4 | socket | socket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 broken | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 broken | aux:pass |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 reported | cc |
| 9 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 reported | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 reported | aux:pass |
| 11 | reported | report | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 broken | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | must · passive | the York socket | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | report | should · passive | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP» |
Option 4
He should push it in harder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 push | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 push | aux |
| 3 | push | push | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 push | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 harder | case |
| 6 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 push | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | should | He | it | harder | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hard=Trajectory |
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