Test 6 · Energy: what makes things happen
A wind-up mouse has stopped. How can you give it more energy?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: up mouse, you · What happens: stop, give · To what, where: mouse
This is test 6 of lesson 31 «Energy: what makes things happen» 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 wind-up mouse has stopped.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mouse | det |
| 2 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 up | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 wind | punct |
| 4 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mouse | compound |
| 5 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stopped | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 stopped | aux |
| 7 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 stopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present · perfect | a up mouse | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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: How can you give it more energy?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 give | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | obj |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 energy | amod |
| 7 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | can | you | mouse | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient energy=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Wind its spring up again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wind | wind | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 spring | nmod:poss |
| 3 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wind | obj |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Wind | compound:prt |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Wind | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wind up | imperative | you not said here | again; spring | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Shake it hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake | shake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Shake | obj |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Shake | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | imperative | you not said here | it | hard property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3
Put it in the sunshine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 sunshine | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sunshine | det |
| 5 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | it | the sunshine | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sunshine=Destination |
Option 4
Leave it to rest overnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 rest | mark |
| 4 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | advcl |
| 5 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 4 rest | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rest | to-infinitive | you not said here | overnight property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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