Test 11 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

The story goes that the microwave oven was invented when an engineer noticed what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: story, engineer · What happens: go, invent, notice · To what, where: microwave oven

This is test 11 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 invented	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 oven	det
6	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 oven	compound
7	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 invented	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 invented	aux:pass
9	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 goes	ccomp
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 noticed	mark
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 engineer	det
12	engineer	engineer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 noticed	nsubj
13	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 invented	advcl
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 noticed	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	go	present	the story		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	invent	past · passive		the microwave oven	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
3	notice	past	a engineer		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

A radar machine had melted a sweet in his pocket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 machine	det
2	radar	radar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 machine	compound
3	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 melted	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 melted	aux
5	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sweet	det
7	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 melted	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pocket	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pocket	nmod:poss
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 melted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	past · perfect · passive		a radar machine		his pocket			tree rules

Option 2

His kettle boiled faster near a radio

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 kettle	nmod:poss
2	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boiled	nsubj
3	boiled	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 boiled	advmod
5	near	near	ADP	_	7 radio	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 radio	det
7	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boiled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	past	His kettle			a radio		fast property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

His oven door glowed in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 door	nmod:poss
2	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 door	compound
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	glowed	glow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 door	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 dark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dark	det
7	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	participle		His oven door not said here		the dark			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location

Option 4

His toaster had blown up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 toaster	nmod:poss
2	toaster	toaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blown	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blown	aux
4	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow up	past · perfect	His toaster						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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