Test 11 · ★★ · Heating, water pipes and drains

Why does a house in a freezing winter need pipes in the loft wrapped?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: house · What happens: need, wrap · To what, where: pipes, loft

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Heating, water pipes and drains» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 need	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 need	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 winter	det
7	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 winter	compound
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 house	nmod
9	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 wrapped	advcl
10	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 need	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 loft	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 loft	det
13	loft	loft	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	obl
14	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 wrapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · do-support	a house in a freezing winter	pipes		the loft			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pipe=Theme
2	wrap	participle							vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Lagging stops the water in them freezing and bursting the pipe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lagging	lag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stops	obj
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 freezing	mark
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 freezing	nsubj
7	freezing	freeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stops	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bursting	cc
9	bursting	burst	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 freezing	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pipe	det
11	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bursting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lag	gerund			tree rules
2	stop	present		the water	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality water=Eventuality
3	freeze	gerund	them = they		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	burst	gerund	them = they not said here	the pipe	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pipe=Theme

Option 2

It keeps the water cold in summer

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 summer	case
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	the water			summer	cold property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 3

It keeps the pipes from getting dusty

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pipes	det
4	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 getting	mark
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 keeps	advcl
7	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	the pipes					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme
2	get	gerund						dusty property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It stops the boiler going out

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 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boiler	det
4	boiler	boiler	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stops	obj
5	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 boiler	acl
6	out	out	ADV	_	5 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	It	the boiler					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality boiler=Eventuality
2	go out	gerund	the boiler not said here					out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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