Test 3 · Safe in the kitchen
Sam's oven mitt got soaked when he washed the dishes. Why should he not use it to take a hot tray out?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, mitt · What happens: soak, wash, not use, take out · To what, where: oven mitt, dishes, it, hot tray
This is test 3 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
Sentence 1: Sam's oven mitt got soaked when he washed the dishes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mitt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sam | case |
| 3 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mitt | compound |
| 4 | mitt | mitt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 soaked | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 soaked | aux:pass |
| 6 | soaked | soak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 washed | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 washed | nsubj |
| 9 | washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 soaked | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dishes | det |
| 11 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 washed | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 soaked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak | past · passive | Sam's oven mitt | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | |||||
| 2 | wash | past | Sam | the dishes | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=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 should he not use it to take a hot tray out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 use | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 use | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 use | nsubj |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 use | advmod |
| 5 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 use | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 take | mark |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 use | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 tray | det |
| 10 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 tray | amod |
| 11 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 take | obj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 take | compound:prt |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 use | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not use | should | mitt | it | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | take out | to-infinitive | mitt not said here | a hot tray | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tray=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The tray would stick to the wet mitt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tray | det |
| 2 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stick | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stick | aux |
| 4 | stick | stick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 mitt | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mitt | det |
| 7 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mitt | amod |
| 8 | mitt | mitt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | would | the tray | to the wet mitt | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The heat would get through the wet mitt fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 heat | det |
| 2 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 mitt | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mitt | det |
| 7 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mitt | amod |
| 8 | mitt | mitt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| 9 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | the heat | the wet mitt | fast property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through mitt=Destination |
Option 3
A wet mitt makes the tray heavier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mitt | det |
| 2 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mitt | amod |
| 3 | mitt | mitt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tray | det |
| 6 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obj |
| 7 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a wet mitt | the tray | heavy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tray=Product |
Option 4
The wet mitt would cool the tray down too fast to eat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 mitt | det |
| 2 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mitt | amod |
| 3 | mitt | mitt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cool | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cool | aux |
| 5 | cool | cool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tray | det |
| 7 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cool | obj |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 cool | compound:prt |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 10 fast | advmod |
| 10 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 cool | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 eat | mark |
| 12 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 fast | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool down | would | the wet mitt | the tray | fast property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tray=Patient | |||
| 2 | eat | to-infinitive | the wet mitt not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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