Test 10 · ★ · Wheels, axles, ramps and screws

shut up and turn the tap, it's taking ages. why so many turns tho

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, it · What happens: shut up, turn, take · To what, where: many turns, tap, ages

This is test 10 · ★ 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	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 shut	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 turn	cc
4	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 shut	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tap	det
6	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 taking	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 taking	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 taking	aux
10	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 turn	advcl
11	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 taking	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 shut	punct
13	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 shut	advmod
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 many	advmod
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 turns	amod
16	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 shut	obj
17	tho	tho	PUNCT	_	1 shut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shut up	imperative	you not said here	many turns	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient
2	turn	infinitive	you not said here	the tap	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tap=Theme
3	take	present · progressive	it	ages	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=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 water is stuck in the pipes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	cop
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 pipes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pipes	det
7	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the water			the pipes		stuck property	tree rules

Option 2

The tap is broken and slipping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tap	det
2	tap	tap	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	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 slipping	cc
6	slipping	slip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 broken	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		the tap					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	slip	gerund							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The tap is a screw that moves the valve only a little each turn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tap	det
2	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 screw	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 screw	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 screw	det
5	screw	screw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 moves	nsubj
7	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 screw	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 valve	det
9	valve	valve	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moves	obj
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 little	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 little	det
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 moves	obl:unmarked
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 turn	det
14	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moves	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the tap	a screw					tree rules
2	move	present	a screw	the valve				a little obl:unmarked; each turn obl:unmarked	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent valve=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Taps open faster if you shout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taps	tap	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 open	nsubj
2	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 open	advmod
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 shout	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 shout	nsubj
6	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 open	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	Taps					fast property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express a condition, not said to happen	present	you						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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