Test 11 · Chocolate and sweets

«mate's dad says shiny sweets are painted one by one» What is the true way?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: say, paint, be · To what, where: shiny sweets, true way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 2 «Chocolate and sweets» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dad	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mate	case
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sweets	amod
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 painted	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 painted	aux:pass
9	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 says	ccomp
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 painted	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 one	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 one	nmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 painted	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 painted	obj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 way	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 way	det
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 way	amod
18	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 What	acl:relcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	mate's dad		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	paint in a quote	present · passive		shiny sweets	tree rules
3	is a	present		the true way	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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Panning: they tumble in drums while thin coats are sprayed on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Panning	pan	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 tumble	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 tumble	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tumble	nsubj
4	tumble	tumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 drums	case
6	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tumble	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 sprayed	mark
8	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coats	amod
9	coats	coat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sprayed	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sprayed	aux:pass
11	sprayed	spray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tumble	advcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	11 sprayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pan	gerund			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tumble	present		in drums	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in drum=Attribute
3	spray	present · passive	thin coats		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Each sweet is painted by hand with a brush

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 sweet	det
2	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 painted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 painted	aux:pass
4	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 hand	case
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 painted	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 brush	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 brush	det
9	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	present · passive	hand	each sweet				with a brush	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Destination with brush=Theme

Option 3

They are dipped one by one in nail varnish and left to dry on racks

The tree, 15 words

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 dipped	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dipped	aux:pass
3	dipped	dip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 dipped	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 one	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 one	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 varnish	case
8	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 varnish	compound
9	varnish	varnish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dipped	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 left	cc
11	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dipped	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 dry	mark
13	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 left	advcl
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 racks	case
15	racks	rack	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 dry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	dip	present · passive	They	nail varnish	vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme one=Destination
2	leave	past			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	dry	to-infinitive		racks	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They are rubbed shiny with a cloth

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 rubbed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rubbed	aux:pass
3	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rubbed	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 cloth	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cloth	det
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rubbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	present · passive		They				with a cloth; shiny property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with cloth=Theme

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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