Test 1 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

my bro says microwaves cook food from the inside out. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, microwaves · What happens: say, cook out · To what, where: food, inside · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 11 «Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob» of the technology 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bro	nmod:poss
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	microwaves	microwave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cook	nsubj
5	cook	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cook	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 inside	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 inside	det
9	inside	inside	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cook	obl
10	out	out	ADP	_	5 cook	compound:prt
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 true	punct
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my bro						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cook out	present	microwaves	food		the inside			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent food=Product from inside=Material

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

No, they only warm the plate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 warm	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 warm	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 warm	advmod
5	warm	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plate	det
7	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	present	they	the plate					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent plate=Patient

Option 2

Yes, that is why the outside stays cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 why	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 why	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 why	cop
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 outside	det
7	outside	outside	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stays	nsubj
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 why	ccomp
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					why property	tree rules
2	stay	present	the outside					cold property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, they heat the outer few centimetres and the heat spreads in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 heat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 heat	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 heat	nsubj
4	heat	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 centimetres	det
6	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 centimetres	amod
7	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 centimetres	amod
8	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heat	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spreads	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heat	det
11	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spreads	nsubj
12	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 heat	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	12 spreads	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	present	they	the outer few centimetres					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent centimetre=Patient
2	spread in	present	the heat						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, the middle always gets hot first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 middle	det
4	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gets	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 gets	advmod
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gets	xcomp
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 gets	advmod

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

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