Test 11 · ★★ · Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years chang…
Your game gives a tech that is pure upside. Which real invention shows help and harm together?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: game, tech, real invention · What happens: give, be, invention, show, harm · To what, where: tech, pure upside, help
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years changed a normal day» 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
Sentence 1: Your game gives a tech that is pure upside.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 game | nmod:poss |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | nsubj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tech | det |
| 5 | tech | tech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 upside | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 upside | cop |
| 8 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 upside | amod |
| 9 | upside | upside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tech | acl:relcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Your game | a tech | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tech=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | a tech | pure upside | tree rules |
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: Which real invention shows help and harm together?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 invention | nsubj |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 invention | amod |
| 3 | invention | invention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 harm | cc |
| 7 | harm | harm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 shows | conj |
| 8 | together | together | ADV | _ | 7 harm | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invention | tree rules | |||||||
| 2 | show | present | real invention | help | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent help=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | harm | infinitive | real invention not said here | together property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Plastic: useful and clean, but it litters seas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plastic | plastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 useful | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 useful | punct |
| 3 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 clean | cc |
| 5 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 useful | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 litters | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 litters | cc |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 litters | nsubj |
| 9 | litters | litter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 useful | conj |
| 10 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 litters | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | litter | present | Plastic | seas | vn calve-28.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Patient |
Option 2
Glasses: they helped some but made everyone else blind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 made | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 helped | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 helped | nsubj |
| 4 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Glasses | acl:relcl |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 helped | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 helped | cc |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 made | obj |
| 9 | else | else | ADV | _ | 8 everyone | advmod |
| 10 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 made | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | past | Glasses = glass | some | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | make | past | Glasses | everyone | blind property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everyone=Product |
Option 3
Soap: no downside at all, so it's the perfect pick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soap | soap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 downside | punct |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 downside | det |
| 4 | downside | downside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Soap | conj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 downside | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 pick | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 pick | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 pick | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 pick | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 pick | det |
| 12 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pick | amod |
| 13 | pick | pick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Soap | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | downside | the perfect pick | tree rules |
Option 4
Fridges: handy at first, but they made all food rot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fridges | fridge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 made | obl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 handy | punct |
| 3 | handy | handy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Fridges | amod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 first | case |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 handy | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 made | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 made | cc |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 made | nsubj |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 rot | det |
| 11 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rot | compound |
| 12 | rot | rot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Fridges = fridge | Fridges | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rot=Product |
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