Test 9 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

Which is true about the gas smell?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 9 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 smell	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 smell	det
6	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smell	compound
7	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the gas smell; true 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

It is what makes the gas flame burn a bright blue

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	3 what	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 what	cop
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flame	det
6	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flame	compound
7	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 burn	nsubj
8	burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 blue	det
10	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 blue	amod
11	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 what	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bright blue obl:unmarked	tree rules
2	make	present			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	burn	present	the gas flame		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It comes from burnt food stuck inside the cooker

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 comes	nsubj
2	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 food	case
4	burnt	burnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comes	obl
6	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 food	acl
7	inside	inside	ADP	_	9 cooker	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cooker	det
9	cooker	cooker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	It			burnt food			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from food=Initial_Location
2	stick	participle		burnt food not said here		the cooker			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme inside cooker=Destination

Option 3

It means the gas coming through is extra strong today

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gas	det
4	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strong	nsubj
5	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 gas	acl
6	through	through	ADV	_	5 coming	advmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 strong	cop
8	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 strong	amod
9	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
10	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strong	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	come through	gerund	the gas not said here		through property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	the gas	today	strong property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is added on purpose to warn of leaks

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	3 added	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 added	aux:pass
3	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 purpose	case
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 added	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 warn	mark
7	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 added	advcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 leaks	case
9	leaks	leak	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 warn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present · passive		It		purpose			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive						of leaks	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of leak=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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