Test 9 · The air presses on everything

shut up about the sucker, it just sticks cos it's rubber innit

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sucker · What happens: shut up, stick, be

This is test 9 of lesson 14 «The air presses on everything» of the physics 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	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 shut	compound:prt
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 sucker	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sucker	det
5	sucker	sucker	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 shut	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sticks	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sticks	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 sticks	advmod
9	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 shut	advcl
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	14 innit	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 innit	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 innit	cop
13	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 innit	compound
14	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sticks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	shut up	imperative	you not said here	about the sucker	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	stick	present	sucker		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	sucker	cos rubber innit	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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, rubber is naturally sticky on shiny tiles, just like a strip of tape

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 sticky	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sticky	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sticky	cop
5	naturally	naturally	ADV	_	6 sticky	advmod
6	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 tiles	case
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tiles	amod
9	tiles	tile	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sticky	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 strip	punct
11	just	just	ADV	_	14 strip	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 strip	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 strip	det
14	strip	strip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sticky	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 tape	case
16	tape	tape	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 strip	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	rubber			shiny tiles		naturally, sticky property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the outside air pushes it on once the air behind is squeezed out

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 pushes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 air	det
4	outside	outside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 air	amod
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pushes	nsubj
6	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pushes	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	6 pushes	compound:prt
9	once	once	SCONJ	_	14 squeezed	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 air	det
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 squeezed	nsubj:pass
12	behind	behind	ADV	_	11 air	advmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 squeezed	aux:pass
14	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 pushes	advcl
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 squeezed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push on	present	the outside air	it					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	squeeze out	present · passive		the air					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Yes, rubber and tiles are magnetic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 rubber	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 magnetic	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 tiles	cc
5	tiles	tile	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rubber	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 magnetic	cop
7	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	rubber and tiles					magnetic property	tree rules

Option 4

No, it sticks because the tiles are cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 sticks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sticks	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sticks	nsubj
4	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 cold	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tiles	det
7	tiles	tile	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cold	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cold	cop
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sticks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present	it						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	the tiles					cold property	tree rules

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