Test 2 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears

mate held a banger in his hand for a laugh in a video. what's the real danger?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: hold, be · To what, where: banger, hand, real danger

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 banger	det
4	banger	banger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hand	nmod:poss
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 laugh	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 laugh	det
10	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 video	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 video	det
13	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 laugh	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 danger	punct
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 danger	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 danger	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 danger	det
18	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 danger	amod
19	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	mate	a banger		mate's hand		for a laugh in a video	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent banger=Theme in hand=Location
2	is a	present		the real danger					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

It just makes your hand tingle for a bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 makes	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 makes	advmod
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tingle	nmod:poss
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tingle	compound
6	tingle	tingle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 bit	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bit	det
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	your hand tingle				for a bit	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent tingle=Product for bit=Asset
2	tingle		your						nom tingle «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

None, bangers are only loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	3 bangers	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 None	punct
3	bangers	banger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 loud	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 loud	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 loud	advmod
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	None bangers					loud property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It can break bones, burn skin and take off fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 break	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 break	aux
3	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 break	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 burn	punct
6	burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 break	parataxis
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burn	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 take	cc
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 break	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 take	compound:prt
11	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	break	can	It	bones	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient
2	burn	present		skin	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
3	take off	infinitive		fingers	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme

Option 4

It only hurts if the banger is wet or old, otherwise it is fine

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hurts	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 hurts	advmod
3	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 wet	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 banger	det
6	banger	banger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wet	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wet	cop
8	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hurts	advcl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 old	cc
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wet	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct
12	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	15 fine	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fine	expl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fine	cop
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	hurt	present	It		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the banger	wet property	tree rules
3	be		the banger not said here		tree rules
4	is	present	the banger not said here	fine, otherwise property	tree rules

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