Test 8 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob
Tom touched the black glass of an induction hob next to a pan and it was only warm. Why?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, glass · What happens: touch, be · To what, where: black glass
This is test 8 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
Sentence 1: Tom touched the black glass of an induction hob next to a pan and it was only warm.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 touched | nsubj |
| 2 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 glass | det |
| 4 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 glass | amod |
| 5 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 touched | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 hob | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hob | det |
| 8 | induction | induction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hob | compound |
| 9 | hob | hob | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 glass | nmod |
| 10 | next | next | ADV | _ | 13 pan | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 pan | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 pan | det |
| 13 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 touched | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 warm | cc |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 warm | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 warm | cop |
| 17 | only | only | ADV | _ | 18 warm | advmod |
| 18 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 touched | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 touched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch | past | Tom | the black glass of a induction hob | to a pan | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme glass=Co-Theme | |||
| 2 | is | past | glass | warm 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.
Sentence 2: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Glass can never get hot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | can | Glass | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
The hob was switched off all along
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hob | det |
| 2 | hob | hob | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 switched | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 switched | aux:pass |
| 4 | switched | switch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 switched | compound:prt |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 along | advmod |
| 7 | along | along | ADV | _ | 4 switched | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | past · passive | the hob | along property | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The magnetic field heats the pan, not the glass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 field | det |
| 2 | magnetic | magnetic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 field | amod |
| 3 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heats | nsubj |
| 4 | heats | heat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pan | det |
| 6 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heats | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 glass | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 glass | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 glass | det |
| 10 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heats | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heat | present | the magnetic field | the pan | the glass obl | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pan=Patient |
Option 4
Induction hobs only work with pans full of cold water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Induction | induction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hobs | compound |
| 2 | hobs | hob | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 work | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 work | advmod |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 pans | case |
| 6 | pans | pan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 work | obl |
| 7 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 work | xcomp |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 9 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 water | amod |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Induction hobs | with pans; full property | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pan=Co-Agent |
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