Test 17 · Safe in the kitchen

did u hear Noah's little sister grabbed a pan handle off the stove and got burnt really bad

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, hear little sister · What happens: hear, grab, get · To what, where: pan handle, stove

This is test 17 of lesson 31 «Safe in the kitchen» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sister	compound
4	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sister	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Noah	case
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sister	amod
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grabbed	nsubj
8	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 handle	det
10	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 handle	compound
11	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grabbed	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	14 stove	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stove	det
14	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grabbed	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 got	cc
16	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 grabbed	conj
17	burnt	burnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 got	xcomp
18	really	really	ADV	_	19 bad	advmod
19	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 burnt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	grab	past	Noah's hear little sister	a pan handle	the stove		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent handle=Theme off stove=Source
3	get	past	Noah's hear little sister not said here			burnt property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

It is gossip, so handle direction does not matter

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	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 matter	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 handle	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 handle	advmod
6	handle	handle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gossip	acl:relcl
7	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 handle	obj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 matter	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 matter	advmod
10	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip	tree rules
2	handle	infinitive	gossip not said here	direction	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Theme
3	not matter	present · do-support	gossip		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Real lesson: little children cannot ever enter a kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 enter	punct
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 children	amod
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 enter	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 enter	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 enter	advmod
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 enter	advmod
9	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lesson	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 kitchen	det
11	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enter	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not enter	can	little children	a kitchen			ever		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kitchen=Destination

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

Real lesson: turn pan handles inward so nobody can knock or grab them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 turn	punct
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 handles	compound
6	handles	handle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 turn	obj
7	inward	inward	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 turn	advmod
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 knock	mark
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 knock	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 knock	aux
11	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 turn	advcl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 grab	cc
13	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 knock	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 grab	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	turn	infinitive	Real lesson	pan handles	inward property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent handle=Theme
2	knock	can	nobody			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	grab	infinitive	nobody not said here	handles = handle		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

It proves pans are only dangerous when boiling

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 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dangerous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 dangerous	advmod
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proves	ccomp
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 boiling	advmod
8	boiling	boil	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 dangerous	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	pans	dangerous property	tree rules
3	boil	gerund	pans not said here		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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