Test 6 · Kitchen and garden dangers
Mum's under the sink and says «don't mix those two bottles». Why not?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum · What happens: say, not mix · To what, where: two bottles · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» 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: Mum's under the sink and says «don't mix those two bottles».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mum | case |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 sink | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sink | det |
| 5 | sink | sink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 says | cc |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 mix | punct |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 mix | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 mix | advmod |
| 11 | mix | mix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 says | ccomp |
| 12 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 14 bottles | det |
| 13 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 bottles | nummod |
| 14 | bottles | bottle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 mix | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 mix | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mum under the sink | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not mix in a quote | infinitive · do-support | that two bottles | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient |
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: Why not?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 1 Why | advmod |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
It wastes the bottles
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 wastes | nsubj |
| 2 | wastes | waste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bottles | det |
| 4 | bottles | bottle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wastes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waste | present | It | the bottles | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument bottle=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Some cleaners make a poisonous gas when mixed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 cleaners | det |
| 2 | cleaners | cleaner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 gas | det |
| 5 | poisonous | poisonous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gas | amod |
| 6 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 mixed | mark |
| 8 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 make | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | some cleaners | a poisonous gas | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gas=Product | ||||
| 2 | mix | participle | some cleaners not said here | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
They will stop cleaning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | cleaning | cleaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | future | They | cleaning | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality cleaning=Eventuality |
Option 4
They turn green and sticky and ruin the cupboard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 turn | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 sticky | cc |
| 5 | sticky | sticky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 green | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ruin | cc |
| 7 | ruin | ruin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 turn | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cupboard | det |
| 9 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ruin | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | They | green property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ruin | present | They not said here | the cupboard | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cupboard=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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