Test 10 · Batteries, circuits and how electricity flows

one bulb on the tree went pop and the whole bloody string's dead. why??

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: one bulb · What happens: go · To what, where: pop

This is test 10 of lesson 27 «Batteries, circuits and how electricity flows» 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	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 bulb	nummod
2	bulb	bulb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bulb	nmod
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	pop	pop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dead	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 string	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 string	amod
11	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 string	amod
12	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dead	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 string	case
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 went	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
16	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 went	advmod
17	??	??	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	one bulb on the tree	pop					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pop=Theme

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

The plug is angry and switched itself off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plug	det
2	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angry	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 switched	cc
6	switched	switch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	conj
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 switched	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 switched	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the plug					angry property	tree rules
2	switch off	past	the plug not said here	plug					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient

Option 2

The broken bulb drank the rest of the electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bulb	det
2	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bulb	amod
3	bulb	bulb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drank	nsubj
4	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rest	det
6	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drank	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 electricity	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 electricity	det
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	drink	past	the broken bulb	the rest of the electricity					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient

Option 3

The bang scared the other bulbs off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bang	det
2	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scared	nsubj
3	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bulbs	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bulbs	amod
6	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	obj
7	off	off	ADV	_	3 scared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	past	the bang	the other bulbs				off property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bulb=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In that string the bulbs share one loop, and the break stops the flow

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 string	case
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 string	det
3	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 share	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bulbs	det
5	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 share	nsubj
6	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 loop	nummod
8	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 share	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stops	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stops	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 break	det
12	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stops	nsubj
13	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 share	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 flow	det
15	flow	flow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	the bulbs	one loop		that string			tree rules
2	stop	present	the break	the flow					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality flow=Eventuality

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