Test 8 · ★ · Electricity at home

Why do electricians often wear rubber gloves?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: electricians · What happens: do, wear · To what, where: rubber gloves

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wear	advcl
3	electricians	electrician	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wear	nsubj
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 wear	advmod
5	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gloves	compound
7	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wear	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	electricians not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wear	present	electricians	rubber gloves				often property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent glove=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

Rubber helps them hold the wires tighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wires	det
6	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hold	obj
7	tighter	tight	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 hold	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Rubber	them = they					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	hold	infinitive	them = they not said here	the wires				tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wire=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Rubber does not let electricity pass easily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 let	advmod
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	obj
6	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	easily	easily	ADV	_	6 pass	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let	present · do-support	Rubber	electricity					tree rules
2	pass	infinitive	electricity not said here					easily property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Rubber makes their hands warmer in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
5	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Rubber	their hands			winter	warm property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hand=Product

Option 4

Rubber pulls electricity out of the wires

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulls	nsubj
2	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulls	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 wires	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 wires	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wires	det
7	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	Rubber	electricity		the wires			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme out wire=Initial_Location

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