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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granddad | granddad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 puts | nsubj |
| 2 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 batteries | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 batteries | amod |
| 5 | batteries | battery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 puts | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 fridge | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fridge | det |
| 8 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 puts | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 puts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present | Granddad | the new batteries | the fridge | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | damp | damp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 help | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 help | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 help | nsubj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 help | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 help | advmod |
| 10 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 get | conj |
| 11 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 batteries | amod |
| 12 | batteries | battery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | could | They | damp property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | not help | present · do-support | it | modern batteries | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Beneficiary |
Option 2
They will charge themselves overnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 charge | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 charge | aux |
| 3 | charge | charge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 charge | obj |
| 5 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 3 charge | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | future | They | themselves = they | overnight property | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location themselves=Theme |
Option 3
They will freeze and explode
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 freeze | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 freeze | aux |
| 3 | freeze | freeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 explode | cc |
| 5 | explode | explode | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 freeze | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | future | They | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | explode | infinitive | They not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
They will last a hundred years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 last | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 last | aux |
| 3 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hundred | det |
| 5 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 years | nummod |
| 6 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 last | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | future | They | year | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
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