Test 1 · ★ · Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing

my mate says a hoover sucks the dirt in like a straw sucks juice. so what's really pushing?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, hoover · What happens: say, suck in, suck, push · To what, where: dirt, juice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hoover	det
5	hoover	hoover	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sucks	nsubj
6	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dirt	det
8	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sucks	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	6 sucks	compound:prt
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 straw	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 straw	det
12	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sucks	obl
13	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sucks	conj
14	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sucks	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 sucks	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	20 pushing	advmod
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 pushing	obj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 pushing	aux
19	really	really	ADV	_	20 pushing	advmod
20	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 sucks	advcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	suck in	present	a hoover	the dirt		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent dirt=Source
3	suck	present	a hoover not said here	juice	like a straw	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent juice=Theme
4	push	present · progressive	a hoover not said here			vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

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 carpet pushes the dirt up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 carpet	det
2	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushes	nsubj
3	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dirt	det
5	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushes	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	3 pushes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push up	present	the carpet	the dirt					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme

Option 2

The hoover's magnet pulls the dirt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hoover	det
2	hoover	hoover	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 magnet	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 hoover	case
4	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulls	nsubj
5	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dirt	det
7	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulls	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	the hoover's magnet	the dirt					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme

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

The air outside pushes in where the pressure is lower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 air	det
2	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pushes	nsubj
3	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 air	advmod
4	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	10 lower	case
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 lower	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pressure	det
8	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lower	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 lower	cop
10	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 pushes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present	the air						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the pressure					low property	tree rules

Option 4

The dirt jumps in by itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dirt	det
2	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jumps	nsubj
3	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	3 jumps	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 itself	case
6	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 jumps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump in	present	the dirt					by dirt	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Trajectory

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