Test 12 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

dropped my dinosaur in the toilet, just flush it

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: drop, flush · To what, where: dinosaur, toilet

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dinosaur	nmod:poss
3	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dropped	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 toilet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 toilet	det
6	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dropped	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 flush	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 flush	advmod
9	flush	flush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 dropped	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 flush	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past		my dinosaur		the toilet			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Theme in toilet=Destination
2	flush	infinitive		dinosaur					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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

Yes, toilets can take small toys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 take	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	toilets	toilet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 take	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 take	aux
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 toys	amod
7	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	can	toilets	small toys					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, only toilet paper is flushed, toys block the pipes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 flushed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 flushed	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 paper	advmod
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paper	compound
5	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flushed	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 flushed	aux:pass
7	flushed	flush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 block	punct
9	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 block	nsubj
10	block	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 flushed	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pipes	det
12	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 block	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flush	present · passive		toilet paper					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	block	present	toys	the pipes					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer pipe=Theme

Option 3

Yes, if the toy is soft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 soft	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 soft	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 toy	det
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 soft	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 soft	cop
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the toy					soft property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, flush twice to be sure it goes all the way down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 flush	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	flush	flush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 flush	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	7 sure	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sure	cop
7	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flush	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 goes	nsubj
9	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sure	ccomp
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 way	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 goes	obl
13	down	down	ADV	_	9 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	flush	imperative	you not said here		twice property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here		sure property	tree rules
3	go	present	it	all way	down property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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