Test 3 · Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks

argh, every time I touch the car door I get zapped. why's it worse in winter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, door · What happens: touch, zap, be · To what, where: car door, I

This is test 3 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» 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	argh	argh	INTJ	_	6 touch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 argh	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 touch	obl:unmarked
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 touch	nsubj
6	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 door	compound
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 touch	obj
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 zapped	nsubj
11	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 zapped	aux:pass
12	zapped	zap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 door	acl:relcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 touch	punct
14	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 worse	advmod
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 worse	cop
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 worse	nsubj
17	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 touch	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 winter	case
19	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 worse	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 touch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	touch	present	I	the car door	time		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Co-Theme
2	zap	present · passive		I			tree rules
3	is	present	door		winter	bad 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Your coat is wired to the car

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 coat	nmod:poss
2	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wired	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wired	aux:pass
4	wired	wire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 car	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 car	det
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wire	present · passive		Your coat				to the car	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to car=Co-Patient

Option 2

Cold metal makes its own electricity in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 metal	amod
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 electricity	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 electricity	amod
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Cold metal	metal's own electricity			winter		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material electricity=Product
2	electrify		metal						nom electricity «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Dry winter air lets charge build up on you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 air	amod
2	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 air	compound
3	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lets	nsubj
4	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	charge	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lets	xcomp
6	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lets	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 build	compound:prt
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 build	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	let	present	Dry winter air		tree rules
2	charge	present	Dry winter air not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	build up	infinitive	Dry winter air not said here	on you	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The car is plugged in during winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 car	det
2	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plugged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 plugged	aux:pass
4	plugged	plug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 plugged	compound:prt
6	during	during	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plugged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plug in	present · passive		the car			winter		vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

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