Test 7 · ★ · Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing
In a cartoon a vacuum sucks up a whole puppy. What's the real rule?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: vacuum, real rule · What happens: suck up, be · To what, where: whole puppy, cartoon
This is test 7 · ★ 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: In a cartoon a vacuum sucks up a whole puppy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sucks | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 vacuum | det |
| 5 | vacuum | vacuum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sucks | nsubj |
| 6 | sucks | suck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 sucks | compound:prt |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 puppy | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 puppy | amod |
| 10 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sucks | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sucks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suck up | present | a vacuum | a whole puppy | a cartoon | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent puppy=Source |
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's the real rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rule | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rule | amod |
| 5 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never vacuum pets, hair or fingers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 vacuum | advmod |
| 2 | vacuum | vacuum | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 vacuum | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hair | punct |
| 5 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pets | conj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 fingers | cc |
| 7 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pets | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not vacuum | imperative | you not said here | pets and hair or fingers | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent pet=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Puppies like being vacuumed, it tickles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puppies | puppy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tickles | nsubj |
| 2 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 4 vacuumed | mark |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 vacuumed | aux:pass |
| 4 | vacuumed | vacuum | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Puppies | acl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Puppies | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tickles | nsubj |
| 7 | tickles | tickle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vacuum | gerund · passive | Puppies not said here | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V» | |||||
| 2 | tickle | present | Puppies | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
It's fine on the lowest setting, gently
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 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 setting | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 setting | det |
| 6 | lowest | low | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 setting | amod |
| 7 | setting | setting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 fine | punct |
| 9 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 3 fine | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the lowest setting | fine, gently property | tree rules |
Option 4
Only big vacuums can suck up a puppy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 vacuums | advmod |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 vacuums | amod |
| 3 | vacuums | vacuum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 suck | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 suck | aux |
| 5 | suck | suck | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 suck | compound:prt |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 puppy | det |
| 8 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 suck | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suck up | can | big vacuums | a puppy | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent puppy=Source |
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