Test 14 · ★ · Electricity at home

kite's stuck in the power lines, i'll climb up and get it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i · What happens: climb up, get · To what, where: stuck power lines, kite

This is test 14 · ★ 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	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lines	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 kite	case
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lines	amod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 lines	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lines	det
6	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lines	compound
7	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lines	punct
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 climb	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 climb	aux
11	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 lines	acl:relcl
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 climb	compound:prt
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 get	cc
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 climb	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb up	future	i	kite's stuck power lines not said here					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location line=Theme
2	get	infinitive	i not said here	kite					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, if you wear rubber shoes, they stop the electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 stop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 wear	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 wear	nsubj
5	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stop	advcl
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shoes	compound
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wear	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wear	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stop	nsubj
10	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 electricity	det
12	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear a condition, not said to happen	present	you	rubber shoes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme
2	stop	present	shoes = shoe	the electricity					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality electricity=Eventuality

Option 2

Yes, pull it down with a stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 pull	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pull	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	3 pull	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 stick	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stick	det
8	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull down	imperative	you not said here	it				with a stick	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Never, leave it and tell an adult to call the power company

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 leave	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Never	punct
3	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 leave	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tell	cc
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 leave	conj
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 call	mark
10	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tell	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 company	det
12	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 company	compound
13	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not leave	imperative	you not said here	it		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic
3	call not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the power company		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent company=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, if the wires look old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 look	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 look	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 look	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wires	det
5	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 look	nsubj
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the wires					old property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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