Test 2 · ★★ · Pressure tricks: pumps, tyres and vacuums
Your friend says a hoover "sucks the dirt in". What would a physicist say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, hoover, physicist · What happens: say, suck in · To what, where: dirt · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Pressure tricks: pumps, tyres and vacuums» 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
Sentence 1: Your friend says a hoover "sucks the dirt in".
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hoover | det |
| 5 | hoover | hoover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sucks | nsubj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 hoover | punct |
| 7 | sucks | suck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dirt | det |
| 9 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sucks | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 sucks | compound:prt |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 sucks | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | suck in in a quote | present | a hoover | the dirt | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent dirt=Source |
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 would a physicist say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 physicist | det |
| 4 | physicist | physicist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | a physicist | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Outside air pushes the dirt in where the pressure is lower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside | outside | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 air | amod |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pushes | nsubj |
| 3 | pushes | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dirt | det |
| 5 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pushes | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 lower | case |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 lower | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pressure | det |
| 9 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lower | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 lower | cop |
| 11 | lower | low | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 pushes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | present | Outside air | the dirt | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the pressure | low property | tree rules |
Option 2
The dirt jumps in because it likes the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dirt | det |
| 2 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jumps | nsubj |
| 3 | jumps | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADV | _ | 3 jumps | advmod |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 likes | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 likes | nsubj |
| 7 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 jumps | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dark | det |
| 9 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 likes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump in | present | the dirt | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | like | present | dirt | the dark | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dark=Theme |
Option 3
Hoovers really pull the dirt with suction rays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoovers | hoover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pull | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 pull | advmod |
| 3 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dirt | det |
| 5 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pull | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 rays | case |
| 7 | suction | suction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rays | compound |
| 8 | rays | ray | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pull | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | present | Hoovers | the dirt | with suction rays | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme |
Option 4
The dirt is sucked by static only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dirt | det |
| 2 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sucked | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sucked | aux:pass |
| 4 | sucked | suck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 static | case |
| 6 | static | static | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sucked | obl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 sucked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suck | present · passive | the dirt | by static | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
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