Test 13 · ★ · Electricity at home
just yank the plug out by the cable
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: yank out · To what, where: plug
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 32 «Electricity 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | just | just | ADV | _ | 2 yank | advmod |
| 2 | yank | yank | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 plug | det |
| 4 | plug | plug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 yank | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 yank | compound:prt |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 cable | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cable | det |
| 8 | cable | cable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 yank | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yank out | imperative | you not said here | the plug | by the cable | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent plug=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.
The options
Option 1
Yes, the cable is stronger than the plug
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 stronger | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cable | det |
| 4 | cable | cable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stronger | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stronger | cop |
| 6 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 plug | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 plug | det |
| 9 | plug | plug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stronger | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the cable | than the plug; strong property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, that's what it's for
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 what | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 what | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | cop |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 for | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 for | cop |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 what | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, if you pull hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 pull | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pull | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 pull | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 pull | nsubj |
| 5 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 pull | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | present | you | hard property | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, pull by the plug itself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 pull | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 plug | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 plug | det |
| 6 | plug | plug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pull | obl |
| 7 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 6 plug | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | imperative | you not said here | by the plug | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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