Test 10 · Friction: the grip that stops and helps

Gran says brakes get hot cos the sun shines on them. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, brakes, sun · What happens: say, get, shine · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 6 «Friction: the grip that stops and helps» 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	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 shines	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sun	det
8	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shines	nsubj
9	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 get	advcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shines	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
13	right	right	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Gran	right property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present	brakes	hot property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	shine	present	the sun	on brakes = brake	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Location

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 · ← Mova's choice

No, brakes get cold when used

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct
3	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 used	mark
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	brakes					cold property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	use	participle	brakes not said here						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, friction turns the speed into heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 turns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 turns	punct
3	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turns	nsubj
4	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 speed	det
6	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turns	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 heat	case
8	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	friction	the speed		heat			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent speed=Theme into heat=Trajectory

Option 3

Yes, black brakes always get hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brakes	amod
4	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 get	advmod
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	black brakes					always, hot property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Yes, dark brakes soak up the sunshine all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 soak	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 soak	punct
3	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brakes	amod
4	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 soak	nsubj
5	soak	soak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 soak	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sunshine	det
8	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 soak	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 soak	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak up	present	dark brakes	the sunshine			day		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sunshine=Source

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