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Test 4 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

Granddad puts the new batteries in the fridge. What could happen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Granddad · What happens: put, happen · To what, where: new batteries, fridge

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» 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: Granddad puts the new batteries in the fridge.

nsubjdetamodobjcasedetoblpunctrootGranddadNOUNputsVERBtheDETnewADJbatteriesNOUNinADPtheDETfridgeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GranddadgranddadNOUNNumber=Sing2 putsnsubj
2putsputVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 batteriesdet
4newnewADJDegree=Pos5 batteriesamod
5batteriesbatteryNOUNNumber=Plur2 putsobj
6ininADP_8 fridgecase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 fridgedet
8fridgefridgeNOUNNumber=Sing2 putsobl
9..PUNCT_2 putspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putpresentGranddadthe new batteriesthe fridgevn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent battery=Theme in fridge=Destination

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 could happen?

nsubjauxpunctrootWhatPRONcouldAUXhappenVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 happennsubj
2couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 happenaux
3happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 happenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happencouldvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They could get damp, and it doesn't help modern batteries

nsubjauxxcomppunctccnsubjauxadvmodconjamodobjrootTheyPRONcouldAUXgetVERBdampADJ,PUNCTandCCONJitPRONdoesAUXn'tPARThelpVERBmodernADJbatteriesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 getnsubj
2couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 getaux
3getgetVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4dampdampADJDegree=Pos3 getxcomp
5,,PUNCT_10 helppunct
6andandCCONJ_10 helpcc
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 helpnsubj
8doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 helpaux
9n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 helpadvmod
10helphelpVERBVerbForm=Inf3 getconj
11modernmodernADJDegree=Pos12 batteriesamod
12batteriesbatteryNOUNNumber=Plur10 helpobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getcouldTheydamp propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2not helppresent · do-supportitmodern batteriesvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Beneficiary

Option 2

They will charge themselves overnight

nsubjauxobjadvmodrootTheyPRONwillAUXchargeVERBthemselvesPRONovernightADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 chargensubj
2willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin3 chargeaux
3chargechargeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes3 chargeobj
5overnightovernightADV_3 chargeadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1chargefutureTheythemselves = theyovernight propertyvn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location themselves=Theme

Option 3

They will freeze and explode

nsubjauxccconjrootTheyPRONwillAUXfreezeVERBandCCONJexplodeVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 freezensubj
2willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin3 freezeaux
3freezefreezeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4andandCCONJ_5 explodecc
5explodeexplodeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 freezeconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1freezefutureTheyvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2explodeinfinitiveThey not said herevn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They will last a hundred years

nsubjauxdetnummodobl:unmarkedrootTheyPRONwillAUXlastVERBaDEThundredNUMyearsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 lastnsubj
2willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin3 lastaux
3lastlastVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 hundreddet
5hundredhundredNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 yearsnummod
6yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur3 lastobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lastfutureTheyyearvn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: 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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