Test 8 · ★ · Toy age labels, cords, pretend play, card games, motion ga…

Which is true about cleaning paintbrushes?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, clean · To what, where: paintbrushes

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 327 «Toy age labels, cords, pretend play, card games, motion games, hammers and paintbrushes» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 cleaning	mark
5	cleaning	clean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 true	advcl
6	paintbrushes	paintbrush	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cleaning	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules
2	clean	gerund		paintbrushes					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent paintbrush=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

All paint washes out in plain water if you rinse it long enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 paint	det
2	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 washes	nsubj
3	washes	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 washes	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 washes	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 rinse	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 rinse	nsubj
10	rinse	rinse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 washes	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rinse	obj
12	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 rinse	advmod
13	enough	enough	ADV	_	10 rinse	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash out	present	all paint			plain water			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rinse a condition, not said to happen	present	you	paint				enough, long property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

All brushes need the strong garage cleaner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 brushes	det
2	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cleaner	det
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cleaner	amod
6	garage	garage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cleaner	compound
7	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	all brushes	the strong garage cleaner					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cleaner=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Watercolour rinses out in water, oil paint needs special cleaner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watercolour	watercolour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rinses	nsubj
2	rinses	rinse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 rinses	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rinses	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 needs	punct
7	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 paint	compound
8	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needs	nsubj
9	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rinses	conj
10	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cleaner	amod
11	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse out	present	Watercolour			water			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	need	present	oil paint	special cleaner					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cleaner=Theme

Option 4

Paint does not harm brushes left to dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harm	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 harm	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 harm	advmod
4	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harm	obj
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 brushes	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 dry	mark
8	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 left	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not harm	present · do-support	Paint	brushes	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brush=Experiencer
2	leave	participle		brushes not said here	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	dry	to-infinitive			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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