Test 3 · ★ · Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing
Jake dries his hair in the bath with the hairdryer plugged in. What should happen?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: dry, plug in, happen · To what, where: hair, bath, hairdryer
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Jake dries his hair in the bath with the hairdryer plugged in.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 dries | nsubj |
| 2 | dries | dry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 hair | nmod:poss |
| 4 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dries | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 bath | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bath | det |
| 7 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dries | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 hairdryer | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hairdryer | det |
| 10 | hairdryer | hairdryer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dries | obl |
| 11 | plugged | plug | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 hairdryer | acl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 plugged | compound:prt |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 dries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dry | present | Jake | Jake's hair | the bath | with the hairdryer | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hair=Patient with hairdryer=Instrument | ||
| 2 | plug in | participle | the hairdryer not said here | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What should happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | should | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
It's fine if the water is cold
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 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 cold | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cold | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cold | cop |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the water | cold property | tree rules |
Option 2
It's fine as long as he keeps his feet up out of the water
The tree, 15 words
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 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 long | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 keeps | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 keeps | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 keeps | nsubj |
| 8 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 feet | nmod:poss |
| 10 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 keeps | obj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 keeps | compound:prt |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 15 water | case |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 water | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 water | det |
| 15 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | keep up | present | he | his feet | the water | long property | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent foot=Theme |
Option 3
It's fine with a cordless phone nearby
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 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 phone | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 phone | det |
| 6 | cordless | cordless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 phone | amod |
| 7 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | obl |
| 8 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 7 phone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with a cordless phone; fine property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stop: water and electricity together can kill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 water | punct |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kill | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 electricity | cc |
| 5 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 water | conj |
| 6 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 water | advmod |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 kill | aux |
| 8 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Stop | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | kill | can | water and electricity | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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