Test 5 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

What would happen if the microwave door stayed working while it was open?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: microwave door, door · What happens: happen, stay, work, be

This is test 5 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 stayed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 door	compound
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stayed	nsubj
8	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
9	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stayed	xcomp
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 open	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 open	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 open	cop
13	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 working	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stay a condition, not said to happen	past	the microwave door		tree rules
3	work	gerund	the microwave door not said here		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	door	open property	tree rules

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

The microwaves would turn into light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 microwaves	det
2	microwaves	microwave	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 turn	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	aux
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 light	case
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	obl

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

Option 2

Nothing, the turntable would just stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 turntable	det
4	turntable	turntable	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	aux
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 stop	advmod
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nothing	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	would	the turntable						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

It doesn't: safety switches stop the microwaves when it opens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 does	advmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
5	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 switches	compound
6	switches	switch	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	nsubj
7	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 does	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 microwaves	det
9	microwaves	microwave	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	obj
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 opens	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 opens	nsubj
12	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not do	present	It		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	present	safety switches	the microwaves	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality microwave=Eventuality
3	open	present	it		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The kitchen would fill with lovely smells and nothing else would happen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kitchen	det
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fill	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fill	aux
4	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 smells	case
6	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 smells	amod
7	smells	smell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fill	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 nothing	cc
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 happen	nsubj
10	else	else	ADV	_	9 nothing	advmod
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 happen	aux
12	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 smells	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	would	the kitchen					with lovely smells	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with smell=Instrument
2	happen	would	nothing	lovely smells not said here					tree rules

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