Test 7 · ★★ · Heating, water pipes and drains
A new boiler drips water from a pipe outside on cold days. Is it broken?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: new boiler · What happens: drip, break · To what, where: water, pipe, boiler
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: A new boiler drips water from a pipe outside on cold days.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 boiler | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 boiler | amod |
| 3 | boiler | boiler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drips | nsubj |
| 4 | drips | drip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drips | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 pipe | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pipe | det |
| 8 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drips | obl |
| 9 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 4 drips | advmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 days | case |
| 11 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 days | amod |
| 12 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 drips | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 drips | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drip | present | a new boiler | water | a pipe | day | outside property | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme from pipe=Initial_Location |
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 broken?
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 | 3 broken | aux:pass |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 broken | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present · passive | boiler | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Not necessarily; condensing boilers drip water from their steam
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 necessarily | advmod |
| 2 | necessarily | necessarily | ADV | _ | 6 drip | advmod |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 necessarily | punct |
| 4 | condensing | condense | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 boilers | amod |
| 5 | boilers | boiler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 drip | nsubj |
| 6 | drip | drip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drip | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 steam | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 steam | nmod:poss |
| 10 | steam | steam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drip | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | condense | gerund | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | drip | present | condensing boilers | water | boilers's steam | necessarily property | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme from steam=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Yes, it must be switched off at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 switched | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 switched | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 switched | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 switched | aux:pass |
| 6 | switched | switch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 switched | compound:prt |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 once | case |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 switched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | must · passive | it | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, the water is leaking gas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 leaking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 water | det |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaking | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 leaking | aux |
| 6 | leaking | leak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leak | present · progressive | the water | gas | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gas=Source |
Option 4
No, it is rain caught in the pipe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 caught | aux:pass |
| 5 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caught | nsubj |
| 6 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 pipe | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pipe | det |
| 9 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · passive | it | the pipe | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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