Test 9 · ★ · Electricity at home
Five heaters and a TV are plugged into one strip, and the plug feels hot. What does that warning sign mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: plug, warning sign · What happens: plug, feel, mean · To what, where: Five heaters, one strip
This is test 9 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Five heaters and a TV are plugged into one strip, and the plug feels hot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 heaters | nummod |
| 2 | heaters | heater | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 plugged | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 TV | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 TV | det |
| 5 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 heaters | conj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 plugged | aux:pass |
| 7 | plugged | plug | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 strip | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 strip | nummod |
| 10 | strip | strip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 plugged | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 feels | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 feels | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 plug | det |
| 14 | plug | plug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 feels | nsubj |
| 15 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 plugged | conj |
| 16 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 feels | xcomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 plugged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plug | present · passive | Five heaters and a TV | one strip | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | the plug | hot property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What does that warning sign mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mean | aux |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 sign | det |
| 4 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sign | compound |
| 5 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | that warning sign | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The strip is charging up to store power for later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 strip | det |
| 2 | strip | strip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 charging | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 charging | aux |
| 4 | charging | charge | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 charging | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 store | mark |
| 7 | store | store | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 charging | advcl |
| 8 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 store | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 later | case |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 store | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge up | present · progressive | the strip | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | store | to-infinitive | the strip not said here | power | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme |
Option 2
The heaters are about to switch off for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 heaters | det |
| 2 | heaters | heater | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 switch | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 switch | cop |
| 4 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 switch | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 switch | mark |
| 6 | switch | switch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 switch | compound:prt |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 good | case |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 switch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the heaters | for good; about, switch property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The wires are overheating and could start a fire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wires | det |
| 2 | wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 overheating | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 overheating | cop |
| 4 | overheating | overheating | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 start | cc |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 start | aux |
| 7 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 overheating | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fire | det |
| 9 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 start | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the wires | overheating property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | start | could | the wires not said here | a fire | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |
Option 4
The electricity is working especially well today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 electricity | det |
| 2 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 working | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 working | aux |
| 4 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 6 well | advmod |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 working | advmod |
| 7 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 working | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present · progressive | the electricity | today | well property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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