Test 6 · Safe in the kitchen

What would most likely happen if a pot handle stuck out and someone walked past quickly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone · What happens: happen, stick out, walk · To what, where: pot handle

This is test 6 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	aux
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	5 happen	advmod
5	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 stuck	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 handle	det
8	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 handle	compound
9	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stuck	nsubj:pass
10	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 happen	advcl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 stuck	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 walked	cc
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 walked	nsubj
14	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stuck	conj
15	past	past	ADV	_	14 walked	advmod
16	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	14 walked	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would			likely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stick out a condition, not said to happen	participle · passive		a pot handle		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
3	walk	past	someone		past, quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 could knock it and spill hot food

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 knock	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 knock	aux
3	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 knock	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 spill	cc
6	spill	spill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 knock	conj
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 food	amod
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	could	They	it					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	spill	infinitive	They not said here	hot food					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme

Option 2

The stove would turn itself off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stove	det
2	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	aux
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 turn	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	4 turn	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn off	would	the stove	stove					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient

Option 3

The pot would cool down faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pot	det
2	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cool	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cool	aux
4	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 cool	compound:prt
6	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 cool	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool down	would	the pot					fast property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The handle would bend into place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 handle	det
2	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bend	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bend	aux
4	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 place	case
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	would	the handle			place			vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into place=Product

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