Test 1 · ★ · Batteries

«my AA is dead, just chuck it in the kitchen bin» What is the right answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: AA · What happens: be, chuck · To what, where: AA, kitchen bin, right answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 34 «Batteries» 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 dead	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 AA	nmod:poss
3	AA	AA	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dead	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 answer	csubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 chuck	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 chuck	advmod
8	chuck	chuck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chuck	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 bin	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bin	det
12	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bin	compound
13	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chuck	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 dead	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 answer	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 answer	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 answer	det
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 answer	amod
19	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	my AA			dead property	tree rules
2	chuck in a quote	infinitive		AA	the kitchen bin		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bin=Destination
3	be speech: assert	present		the right answer			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

Bury it in a flower pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bury	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 pot	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pot	det
5	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pot	compound
6	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	imperative	you not said here	it		a flower pot			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pot=Destination

Option 2

The kitchen bin is fine for batteries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bin	det
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bin	compound
3	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fine	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 batteries	case
7	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the kitchen bin					for batteries; fine property	tree rules

Option 3

Burn it in the garden to get rid of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Burn	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 garden	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 garden	det
5	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Burn	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Burn	advcl
8	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	xcomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	imperative	you not said here	it		the garden			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	get	to-infinitive	you not said here					rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Take it to a battery recycling bin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 bin	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bin	det
5	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recycling	compound
6	recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bin	compound
7	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	it		a recycling bin			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to bin=Destination

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