Test 3 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

ugh the kettle's broken, it keeps clicking off on its own. is it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kettle · What happens: be, keep, click off · To what, where: kettle, own

This is test 3 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	ugh	ugh	INTJ	_	5 broken	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kettle	det
3	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 broken	aux:pass
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 keeps	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keeps	nsubj
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 broken	parataxis
9	clicking	click	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keeps	xcomp
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 clicking	compound:prt
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 own	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 clicking	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 broken	punct
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 broken	cop
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 broken	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 broken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present · passive		the kettle		break property	tree rules
2	keep	present	kettle				tree rules
3	click off	gerund	kettle not said here		kettle's own		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=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

Yes, kettles should keep boiling until unplugged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	kettles	kettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	boiling	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	xcomp
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 unplugged	mark
8	unplugged	unplug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	keep	should	kettles	tree rules
2	boil	gerund	kettles not said here	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	unplug	participle	kettles not said here	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it clicks off when the water boils, on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 clicks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 clicks	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 clicks	nsubj
4	clicks	click	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 clicks	compound:prt
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 boils	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boils	nsubj
9	boils	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 clicks	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 boils	punct
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 purpose	case
12	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boils	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	click off	present	it						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	boil	present	the water					on purpose	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient on purpose=Instrument

Option 3

Yes, the click means a fuse inside has blown and needs changing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 click	det
4	click	click	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fuse	det
7	fuse	fuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
8	inside	inside	ADV	_	10 blown	advmod
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 blown	aux
10	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 fuse	acl:relcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 needs	cc
12	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	conj
13	changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 needs	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the click	a fuse		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuse=Topic
2	blow	present · perfect		a fuse not said here	inside property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	need	present	the click not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	change not said to happen	gerund	the click not said here			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

No, it clicks off to save the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 clicks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 clicks	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 clicks	nsubj
4	clicks	click	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 clicks	compound:prt
6	to	to	PART	_	7 save	mark
7	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 clicks	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	click off	present	it						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	save	to-infinitive		the water					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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