Test 3 · ★ · Electricity and safety
Your little cousin is trying to push a hair clip into a socket. What should happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little cousin · What happens: try, push, happen · To what, where: hair clip, socket
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 28 «Electricity and safety» 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: Your little cousin is trying to push a hair clip into a socket.
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 | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cousin | amod |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trying | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trying | aux |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 push | mark |
| 7 | push | push | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trying | xcomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 clip | det |
| 9 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 clip | compound |
| 10 | clip | clip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 push | obj |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 socket | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 socket | det |
| 13 | socket | socket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 push | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 trying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present · progressive | Your little cousin | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | push not said to happen | to-infinitive | Your little cousin not said here | a hair clip | a socket | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent clip=Theme into socket=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 should happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | should | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stop her at once; a socket can give a deadly shock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Stop | obj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 once | case |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Stop | obl |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 give | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 socket | det |
| 7 | socket | socket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 give | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 give | aux |
| 9 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Stop | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 shock | det |
| 11 | deadly | deadly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 shock | amod |
| 12 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality she=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | give | can | a socket | a deadly shock | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shock=Theme |
Option 2
Let her, the shutters make it totally safe for children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 make | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shutters | det |
| 5 | shutters | shutter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | parataxis |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 9 safe | advmod |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 make | xcomp |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 children | case |
| 11 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 safe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | present | the shutters | it | safe property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product |
Option 3
Turn off the lights first, then let her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Turn | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lights | det |
| 4 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Turn | obj |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Turn | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 let | advmod |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Turn | conj |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 let | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn off | imperative | you not said here | the lights | first property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient | |||
| 2 | let | infinitive | you not said here | her = she | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4
Let her, hair clips are too small to matter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 small | punct |
| 4 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 clips | compound |
| 5 | clips | clip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 small | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 small | cop |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 small | advmod |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Let | parataxis |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 matter | mark |
| 10 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 small | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | hair clips | small property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | matter | to-infinitive | hair clips not said here | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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