Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: sound, light, heat, electricity and magnets ★★★
Riya, dusting the TV: "It's literally a dust magnet, I've wiped it a million times." What really pulls the dust on?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Riya, TV, I · What happens: dust, be, wipe, pull on · To what, where: TV, dust magnet, dust · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Olympiad: sound, light, heat, electricity and magnets ★★★» 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: Riya, dusting the TV: "It's literally a dust magnet, I've wiped it a million times."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riya | Riya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dusting | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Riya | punct |
| 3 | dusting | dust | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 TV | det |
| 5 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dusting | obj |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 magnet | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 magnet | punct |
| 8 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 magnet | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 magnet | cop |
| 10 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 13 magnet | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 magnet | det |
| 12 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 magnet | compound |
| 13 | magnet | magnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dusting | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 wiped | punct |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 wiped | nsubj |
| 16 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 wiped | aux |
| 17 | wiped | wipe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 dusting | parataxis |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 wiped | obj |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 million | det |
| 20 | million | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 times | nummod |
| 21 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 wiped | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 wiped | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 dusting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dust | gerund | Riya | the TV | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | TV | a dust magnet | literally property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | wipe in a quote | present · perfect | I | TV | time | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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.
Sentence 2: What really pulls the dust on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 pulls | obj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 pulls | advmod |
| 3 | pulls | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dust | det |
| 5 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulls | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 pulls | compound:prt |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 pulls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull on | present | the dust | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent what=Theme dust=Result |
The options
Option 1
The light from the screen drawing it in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 light | det |
| 2 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drawing | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 screen | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 screen | det |
| 5 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 light | nmod |
| 6 | drawing | draw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 drawing | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 drawing | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw in | gerund | the light from the screen | screen | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
A real magnet hidden inside the screen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 magnet | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 magnet | amod |
| 3 | magnet | magnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 magnet | acl |
| 5 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 7 screen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 screen | det |
| 7 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | participle | a real magnet not said here | the screen | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside screen=Location |
Option 3
The heat of the screen sucking it in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 heat | det |
| 2 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 screen | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 screen | det |
| 5 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 heat | nmod |
| 6 | sucking | suck | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 heat | acl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sucking | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 sucking | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suck in | gerund | the heat of the screen not said here | screen | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | heat | the screen | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A little electric charge on the screen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 charge | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 charge | amod |
| 3 | electric | electric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 charge | amod |
| 4 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 screen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 screen | det |
| 7 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 charge | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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