Test 2 · ★ · Living with friction: oil, wheels and grip

argh this jar won't open, any tips??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, jar · What happens: argh, not open

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 7 «Living with friction: oil, wheels and grip» 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	argh	argh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 jar	det
3	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 open	nsubj
4	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 open	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 open	advmod
6	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 argh	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tips	punct
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 tips	det
9	tips	tip	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 open	conj
10	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 argh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argh	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	not open	future	this jar						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

Shake it hard while holding it upside down

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
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	5 holding	mark
5	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Shake	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 holding	obj
7	upside	upside	ADV	_	5 holding	advmod
8	down	down	ADV	_	5 holding	advmod

#	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
2	hold down	gerund	you not said here	it				down, upside property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Oil the whole lid all over so it slides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lid	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lid	amod
4	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Oil	obj
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 over	advmod
6	over	over	ADV	_	1 Oil	advmod
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 slides	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 slides	nsubj
9	slides	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Oil	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oil	imperative	you not said here	the whole lid				over property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent lid=Destination
2	slide	present	lid						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Put it in the freezer for an hour first

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 freezer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 freezer	det
5	freezer	freezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hour	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hour	det
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		the freezer	hour	first property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in freezer=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Use a rubber glove or warm the lid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 glove	det
3	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glove	compound
4	glove	glove	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 warm	cc
6	warm	warm	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lid	det
8	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a rubber glove					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glove=Patient
2	warm	infinitive	you not said here	the lid					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lid=Patient

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