Test 17 · ★ · Electricity at home

my cousin's friend stuck a fork in the plug socket and got thrown across the room, his hair went all spiky

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, hair · What happens: stick, throw, go · To what, where: fork, plug socket, room

This is test 17 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 friend	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 cousin	case
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	nsubj
5	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fork	det
7	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 socket	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 socket	det
10	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 socket	compound
11	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thrown	cc
13	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 thrown	aux:pass
14	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stuck	conj
15	across	across	ADP	_	17 room	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 room	det
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thrown	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 went	punct
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 hair	nmod:poss
20	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 went	nsubj
21	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 thrown	conj
22	all	all	ADV	_	23 spiky	advmod
23	spiky	spiky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 thrown	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stick	past	my cousin's friend	a fork	the plug socket	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fork=Theme in socket=Destination
2	throw	past · passive	my cousin's friend not said here		the room	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	go	past	friend's hair			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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

It proves sockets only shock boys

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	sockets	socket	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 proves	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 shock	advmod
5	shock	shock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	advcl
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shock	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It	sockets					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent socket=Theme
2	shock	present		boys					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boy=Experiencer

Option 2

It is gossip, so sockets are harmless

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	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 harmless	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 harmless	advmod
6	sockets	socket	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 harmless	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 harmless	cop
8	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gossip	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip					tree rules
2	is	present	sockets	gossip not said here				harmless property	tree rules

Option 3

Real lesson: forks are safe if they are plastic-handled

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	_	6 safe	punct
4	forks	fork	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 handled	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 handled	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 handled	aux:pass
10	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 handled	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 plastic	punct
12	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	forks					safe property	tree rules
2	handle a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		forks = fork					vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: never push anything into a socket; the spiky hair is probably made up

The tree, 15 words

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	_	5 push	punct
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 push	advmod
5	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lesson	acl:relcl
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 push	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 socket	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 socket	det
9	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 push	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 made	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hair	det
12	spiky	spiky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hair	amod
13	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 made	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 made	aux:pass
15	probably	probably	ADV	_	16 made	advmod
16	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lesson	acl
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 made	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not push	infinitive	Real lesson not said here	anything		a socket			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent anything=Theme into socket=Destination
2	make up	present · passive	Real lesson not said here	the spiky hair				probably property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot

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