Test 1 · ★ · Wheels, axles, ramps and screws

ugh the handle came off the door and now i can't open it with the stupid little bar. why's it so hard?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: handle, i · What happens: come off, not open, be · To what, where: door, handle

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 34 «Wheels, axles, ramps and screws» 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	ugh	ugh	INTJ	_	4 came	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 handle	det
3	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 open	cc
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 open	advmod
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 open	nsubj
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 open	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 open	advmod
13	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 came	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 open	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	19 bar	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bar	det
17	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 bar	amod
18	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 bar	amod
19	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 open	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct
21	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	25 hard	advmod
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 hard	cop
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 hard	nsubj
24	so	so	ADV	_	25 hard	advmod
25	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 came	advmod
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	come off	past	the handle	the door			tree rules
2	not open	can	i	handle	now	with the stupid little bar	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with bar=Instrument
3	is	present	handle			hard 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

The bar is much heavier than the handle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bar	det
2	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heavier	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 heavier	cop
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 heavier	advmod
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 handle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 handle	det
8	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heavier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the bar					than the handle; heavy property	tree rules

Option 2

The bar is broken inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bar	det
2	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 broken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		the bar				inside property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Doors lock themselves tight the moment the handle comes off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lock	nsubj
2	lock	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 lock	obj
4	tight	tight	ADV	_	2 lock	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 moment	det
6	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lock	obl:unmarked
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 handle	det
8	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comes	nsubj
9	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 moment	acl:relcl
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 comes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	present	Doors	Doors = door			moment	tight property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
2	come off	present	the handle	the moment not said here					tree rules

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

Without the big handle, you lose the wheel's extra twist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	4 handle	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 handle	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 handle	amod
4	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lose	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 handle	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 lose	nsubj
7	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wheel	det
9	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 twist	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 wheel	case
11	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 twist	amod
12	twist	twist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	you	the wheel's extra twist				without the big handle	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twist=Eventuality
2	twist		the wheel						nom twist «event transitive»: poss=agent

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