Test 9 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears
A new rubber strip is stuck on the door frame. What will change?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: stick, change · To what, where: new rubber strip, door frame
This is test 9 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A new rubber strip is stuck on the door frame.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 strip | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 strip | amod |
| 3 | rubber | rubber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 strip | compound |
| 4 | strip | strip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stuck | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stuck | aux:pass |
| 6 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 frame | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 frame | det |
| 9 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 frame | compound |
| 10 | frame | frame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stuck | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 stuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | present · passive | a new rubber strip | the door frame | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on frame=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 will change?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 change | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | aux |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 change | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | future | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The door will not close properly at all any more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 door | det |
| 2 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 close | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 close | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 close | advmod |
| 5 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 5 close | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 close | obl |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 more | det |
| 10 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 close | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not close | future | the door | all | properly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The door will close with a quieter thud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 door | det |
| 2 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 close | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 close | aux |
| 4 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 thud | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 thud | det |
| 7 | quieter | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 thud | amod |
| 8 | thud | thud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 close | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | future | the door | with a quieter thud | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with thud=Theme |
Option 3
The door will swing open on its own in a draught
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 door | det |
| 2 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swing | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 swing | aux |
| 4 | swing | swing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 swing | xcomp |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 own | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 own | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 swing | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 draught | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 draught | det |
| 11 | draught | draught | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swing | future | the door | door's own | in a draught; open property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme on own=Source in draught=Trajectory |
Option 4
The door will bang even louder than before
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 door | det |
| 2 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bang | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bang | aux |
| 4 | bang | bang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 louder | advmod |
| 6 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 bang | advmod |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 before | case |
| 8 | before | before | ADV | _ | 6 louder | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bang | future | the door | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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