Test 2 · ★ · Batteries

«put the new batteries in with the old ones, who cares» What is the right rule?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old ones · What happens: put, care, be · To what, where: new batteries, right rule · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	_	2 put	punct
2	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 rule	csubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 batteries	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 batteries	amod
5	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 ones	case
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 ones	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ones	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cares	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 cares	nsubj
13	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ones	acl:relcl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 rule	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 rule	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 rule	det
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 rule	amod
19	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 rule	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	put in a quote	infinitive		the new batteries	in the old ones	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent battery=Theme in one=Destination
2	care in a quote	present	the old ones			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present		the right rule		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

Mixing them makes the toy go faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mixing	mix	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 makes	csubj
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Mixing	obj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 toy	det
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 makes	xcomp
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mix	gerund		them = they		vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	make	present	Mixing	the toy		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	the toy not said here		fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Mixing is fine if they are the same colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mixing	mixing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 colour	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 colour	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 colour	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 colour	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 colour	amod
9	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mixing					fine property	tree rules
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	they	the same colour					tree rules

Option 3

Old ones recharge from new ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ones	amod
2	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recharge	nsubj
3	recharge	recharge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 ones	case
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ones	amod
6	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recharge	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recharge	infinitive	Old ones					from new ones	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Never mix old and new batteries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 mix	advmod
2	mix	mix	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 batteries	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 new	cc
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 old	conj
6	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mix	imperative	you not said here	old batteries					vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient

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