Test 9 · ★ · Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy

«tins were invented after can openers, obviously» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: invent, be · To what, where: tins

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 3 «Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy» 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	_	4 invented	punct
2	tins	tin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 invented	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 invented	aux:pass
4	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 right	advcl
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 openers	case
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 openers	aux
7	openers	opener	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 invented	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 obviously	punct
9	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	4 invented	advmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 invented	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 right	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 right	cop
13	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent in a quote	past · passive		tins			after openers	obviously property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	is	present						right 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, can openers came 100 years earlier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 openers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 openers	aux
4	openers	opener	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 earlier	obl:unmarked
8	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	openers					early property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They were invented on the very same day

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 invented	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 invented	aux:pass
3	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 day	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 same	advmod
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive		They			day		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tins came first and were opened with a hammer and chisel at first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tins	tin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 came	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 opened	cc
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 opened	aux:pass
6	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 came	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hammer	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hammer	det
9	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opened	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 chisel	cc
11	chisel	chisel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hammer	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 first	case
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 opened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Tins					first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	open	past · passive	Tins not said here					with a hammer and chisel	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: at first=Location

Option 4

Tins have never needed opening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tins	tin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 needed	nsubj:pass
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 needed	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 needed	advmod
4	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · perfect · passive		Tins					tree rules

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