Test 2 · ★ · Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms
In a film a boy pokes a fork into a socket and his hair stands up, and he is fine. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, hair · What happens: poke, stand up, be · To what, where: fork, film
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 14 «Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms» 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 film a boy pokes a fork into a socket and his hair stands up, and he is fine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pokes | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pokes | nsubj |
| 6 | pokes | poke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fork | det |
| 8 | fork | fork | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pokes | obj |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 socket | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 socket | det |
| 11 | socket | socket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pokes | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 stands | cc |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 hair | nmod:poss |
| 14 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 stands | nsubj |
| 15 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pokes | conj |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 stands | compound:prt |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 fine | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 fine | cc |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 fine | nsubj |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 fine | cop |
| 21 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pokes | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 pokes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poke | present | a boy | a fork | a film | into a socket | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent fork=Instrument into socket=Patient | ||
| 2 | stand up | present | boy's hair | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | hair | fine property | tree rules |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It is safe with a plastic fork
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 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 fork | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fork | det |
| 6 | plastic | plastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fork | amod |
| 7 | fork | fork | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 safe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | with a plastic fork; safe property | tree rules |
Option 2
Only metal forks are a problem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 metal | advmod |
| 2 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forks | compound |
| 3 | forks | fork | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 problem | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 problem | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 problem | det |
| 6 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | metal forks | a problem | tree rules |
Option 3
It is safe if the light is off
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 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 off | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 light | det |
| 6 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 off | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 off | cop |
| 8 | off | off | ADV | _ | 3 safe | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the light | off property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never put anything into a socket: mains electricity can kill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 put | advmod |
| 2 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 put | obj |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 socket | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 socket | det |
| 6 | socket | socket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 kill | punct |
| 8 | mains | main | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 electricity | compound |
| 9 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 kill | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 kill | aux |
| 11 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 put | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not put | imperative | you not said here | anything | a socket | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent anything=Goal | |||
| 2 | kill | can | mains electricity | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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