Test 6 · Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi
tablet's boiling hot and just switched off. Noah: «did I break it??»
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah · What happens: switch off, break · To what, where: boiling
This is test 6 of lesson 409 «Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi» 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: tablet's boiling hot and just switched off.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablet | tablet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 boiling | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 tablet | case |
| 3 | boiling | boiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hot | nsubj |
| 4 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 switched | cc |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 switched | advmod |
| 7 | switched | switch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 hot | conj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 switched | compound:prt |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | participle | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Noah: «did I break it??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 break | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 break | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 break | punct |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 break | aux |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 break | nsubj |
| 6 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 break | obj |
| 8 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 6 break | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 break | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break in a quote | past · do-support | Noah | boiling | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it's ruined for good, so throw it away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 ruined | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ruined | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ruined | aux:pass |
| 5 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 good | case |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ruined | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 throw | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 throw | advmod |
| 10 | throw | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ruined | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 throw | obj |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 10 throw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ruin | present · passive | it | for good | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | throw away | infinitive | it | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Plug it in and play straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plug | plug | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Plug | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 1 Plug | compound:prt |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 play | cc |
| 5 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Plug | conj |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plug in | imperative | you not said here | it | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | ||||
| 2 | play | infinitive | you not said here | away property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Put it in the fridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 fridge | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fridge | det |
| 5 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | it | the fridge | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in fridge=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Probably not, it protected itself; let it cool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 protected | advmod |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 protected | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 protected | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 protected | nsubj |
| 5 | protected | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 protected | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 protected | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 let | obj |
| 10 | cool | cool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not protect | past | it | itself = it | probably property | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | let | infinitive | it | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | cool | infinitive | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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