Test 1 · The Industrial Revolution

everyone knows watt invented the steam engine watching a kettle boil. yeah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, watt, steam engine · What happens: know, invent, watch · To what, where: steam engine, kettle boil · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 30 «The Industrial Revolution» of the history 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	watt	watt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invented	nsubj
4	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 engine	det
6	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 engine	compound
7	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invented	obj
8	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 engine	acl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 boil	det
10	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 boil	compound
11	boil	boil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 watching	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 knows	punct
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	2 knows	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know	present	everyone		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	invent	past	watt	the steam engine	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engine=Result
3	watch	gerund	the steam engine not said here	a kettle boil	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boil=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, in 1066

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 1066	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 1066	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 1066	case
4	1066	1066	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Yes, he got the idea from his mum's kettle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 idea	det
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	11 kettle	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kettle	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 mum	case
11	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	the idea		his mum's kettle			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent idea=Theme from kettle=Source

Option 3

No, Newton invented it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 invented	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Newton	Newton	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 invented	nsubj
4	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 invented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	Newton	it					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, he improved engines that already existed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 improved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 improved	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 improved	nsubj
4	improved	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	engines	engine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 improved	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 existed	nsubj
7	already	already	ADV	_	8 existed	advmod
8	existed	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 engines	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	past	he	engines					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent engine=Patient
2	exist	past	engines						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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