Test 7 · ★ · Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang
A friend wants to mix two cleaners to make "super cleaner". What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: want, mix, make, do · To what, where: two cleaners, cleaner
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 23 «Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang» of the myths 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: A friend wants to mix two cleaners to make "super cleaner".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 mix | mark |
| 5 | mix | mix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 cleaners | nummod |
| 7 | cleaners | cleaner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mix | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 make | mark |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 mix | advcl |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 cleaner | punct |
| 11 | super | super | ADV | _ | 12 cleaner | advmod |
| 12 | cleaner | cleaner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 make | obj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 cleaner | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a friend | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mix not said to happen | to-infinitive | a friend not said here | two cleaners | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaner=Patient | ||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | a friend not said here | cleaner | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cleaner=Product |
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: What should you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Mix them, but only a little
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mix | mix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Mix | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 little | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 little | cc |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 little | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 little | det |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Mix | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say no and tell an adult; some mixtures make poisonous gas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 1 Say | discourse |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 make | punct |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 mixtures | det |
| 9 | mixtures | mixture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 make | nsubj |
| 10 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | parataxis |
| 11 | poisonous | poisonous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 gas | amod |
| 12 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | make | present | some mixtures | poisonous gas | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gas=Product |
Option 3
Add water so it isn't dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Add | obj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 dangerous | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dangerous | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 dangerous | cop |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 dangerous | advmod |
| 7 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Add | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | water | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not is | present | water | dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 4
Mix them outside where it's safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mix | mix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Mix | obj |
| 3 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Mix | advmod |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 safe | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 safe | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 safe | cop |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Mix | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | imperative | you not said here | them = they | outside property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | present | it | safe property | tree rules |
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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