Test 9 · ★★ · Heating, water pipes and drains
Your little sister is running a bath with only the hot tap. Best advice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little sister · What happens: run · To what, where: bath
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Your little sister is running a bath with only the hot tap.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 running | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 running | aux |
| 5 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bath | det |
| 7 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 running | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 tap | case |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 12 tap | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tap | det |
| 11 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 tap | amod |
| 12 | tap | tap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 running | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 running | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present · progressive | Your little sister | a bath | with the hot tap | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Product with tap=Material |
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: Best advice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 advice | amod |
| 2 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 advice | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Run the cold first and test with your elbow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cold | det |
| 3 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obj |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Run | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 test | cc |
| 6 | test | test | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | conj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 elbow | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 elbow | nmod:poss |
| 9 | elbow | elbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 test | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | the cold | first property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cold=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | test | infinitive | you not said here | with your elbow | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Jump in quickly before the hot water cools down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Jump | advmod |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Jump | advmod |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 8 cools | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 6 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cools | nsubj |
| 8 | cools | cool | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jump | advcl |
| 9 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 cools | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump in | imperative | you not said here | quickly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cool down | present | the hot water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
It's fine, hot water from a tap can never scald you
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 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 water | punct |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 scald | nsubj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 tap | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 tap | det |
| 9 | tap | tap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 water | nmod |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 scald | aux |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 scald | advmod |
| 12 | scald | scald | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fine | parataxis |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 scald | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not scald | can | hot water from a tap | you | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
Option 4
Test it with the tips of your toes, they feel heat best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Test | test | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Test | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 tips | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tips | det |
| 5 | tips | tip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Test | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 toes | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 toes | nmod:poss |
| 8 | toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tips | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 feel | punct |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 feel | nsubj |
| 11 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Test | advcl |
| 12 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feel | obj |
| 13 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | imperative | you not said here | it | with the tips of your toes | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | feel | present | toes = toe | heat | good property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme |
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