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Test 9 · ★ · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home

A family notices black spots on the bathroom ceiling. What is the likely cause and fix?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: notice, be, fix · To what, where: black spots, bathroom ceiling, likely cause

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» 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 family notices black spots on the bathroom ceiling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 notices	nsubj
3	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spots	amod
5	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 notices	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 ceiling	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ceiling	det
8	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ceiling	compound
9	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spots	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 notices	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	present	a family	black spots		the bathroom ceiling			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus

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: What is the likely cause and fix?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 cause	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
4	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fix	cc
7	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cause	conj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the likely cause					tree rules
2	fix	infinitive							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Dirt from shoes; mop the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mop	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 shoes	case
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Dirt	nmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 mop	punct
5	mop	mop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mop	infinitive	Dirt from shoes	the floor					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent floor=Initial_Location

Option 2

Smoke from the lights; switch them off for a few days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 switch	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 lights	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lights	det
4	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Smoke	nmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 switch	punct
6	switch	switch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 switch	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 switch	compound:prt
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 days	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 days	det
11	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 days	amod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 switch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	infinitive	Smoke from the lights	lights = light			day		vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

Ink from the towels; wash them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wash	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 towels	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 towels	det
4	towels	towel	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ink	nmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 wash	punct
6	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	infinitive	Ink from the towels	towels = towel					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Mould from damp; use the fan and air the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 damp	case
3	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Mould	nmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fan	det
7	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 air	cc
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fan	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 room	det
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	infinitive	Mould from damp	the fan and air					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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