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Test 3 · ★★ · Pressure tricks: pumps, tyres and vacuums

A camper on a very high mountain says his pasta is still hard after the usual time. What would help?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: camper, pasta · What happens: say, be, help · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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: A camper on a very high mountain says his pasta is still hard after the usual time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 camper	det
2	camper	camper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	7 mountain	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mountain	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 high	advmod
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mountain	amod
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 camper	nmod
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pasta	nmod:poss
10	pasta	pasta	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hard	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 hard	cop
12	still	still	ADV	_	13 hard	advmod
13	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 says	ccomp
14	after	after	ADP	_	17 time	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 time	det
16	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 time	amod
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hard	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a camper on a high mountain						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	camper's pasta				still; time	hard property	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.

Sentence 2: What would help?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 help	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Cook it longer, or use a pressure cooker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cook	cook	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Cook	obj
3	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Cook	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 use	cc
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cook	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cooker	det
8	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cooker	compound
9	cooker	cooker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	imperative	you not said here	it				long property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	use	infinitive	you not said here	a pressure cooker					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cooker=Patient

Option 2

Take the lid off to trap more heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lid	det
3	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	1 Take	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	6 trap	mark
6	trap	trap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Take	advcl
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 heat	amod
8	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trap	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	imperative	you not said here	the lid					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme
2	trap	to-infinitive	you not said here	more heat					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Turn the water down so it stops bubbling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 water	det
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	1 Turn	compound:prt
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 stops	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stops	nsubj
7	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Turn	advcl
8	bubbling	bubble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stops	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn down	imperative	you not said here	the water					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	stop	present	water						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	bubble	gerund	water not said here						vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 4

Put in more salt to make it boil colder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 salt	amod
4	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	boil	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	xcomp
9	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 boil	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put in	imperative	you not said here	more salt					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent salt=Goal
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	salt					tree rules
3	boil	infinitive	salt not said here					cold property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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