Test 5 · ★★ · Heating, water pipes and drains
My brother flushes wet wipes because the packet says flushable. Is it a good idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, packet · What happens: flush, say, be · To what, where: wet wipes, good idea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: My brother flushes wet wipes because the packet says flushable.
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 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flushes | nsubj |
| 3 | flushes | flush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wipes | amod |
| 5 | wipes | wipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 flushes | obj |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 says | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 packet | det |
| 8 | packet | packet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 flushes | advcl |
| 10 | flushable | flushable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 says | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 flushes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flush | present | My brother | wet wipes | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent wipe=Source | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the packet | flushable property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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: Is it a good idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 idea | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 idea | expl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 idea | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 idea | amod |
| 5 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 idea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good idea | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, they melt away in the water like toilet paper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 melt | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 melt | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 melt | nsubj |
| 4 | melt | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 melt | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 water | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 water | det |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 melt | obl |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 paper | case |
| 10 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 paper | compound |
| 11 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 melt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt away | present | they | the water | like toilet paper; away property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, wipes help block pipes and make fatbergs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 help | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | wipes | wipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 help | nsubj |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | block | block | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 help | xcomp |
| 6 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 block | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 make | cc |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 help | conj |
| 9 | fatbergs | fatberg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | wipes | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | block | infinitive | wipes not said here | pipes | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer pipe=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make | infinitive | wipes not said here | fatbergs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fatberg=Product |
Option 3
Yes, they turn into soft paper as soon as they're wet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 turn | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 turn | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 turn | nsubj |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 paper | case |
| 6 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 paper | amod |
| 7 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | obl |
| 8 | as | as | ADV | _ | 9 soon | advmod |
| 9 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 turn | advmod |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 wet | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 wet | nsubj |
| 12 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 wet | cop |
| 13 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 soon | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | they | soft paper | soon property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into paper=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | is | present | they | wet property | tree rules |
Option 4
No, only because they float back up into the bowl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 float | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 float | advmod |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 float | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 float | nsubj |
| 6 | float | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 up | advmod |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 6 float | advmod |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 bowl | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bowl | det |
| 11 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 float | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | present | they | the bowl | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bowl=Destination |
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