Test 4 · ★ · Batteries
In a cartoon, a hero opens a battery to drink the electricity for power. What is the real rule?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hero, real rule · What happens: open, drink, be · To what, where: battery, cartoon, electricity
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a hero opens a battery to drink the electricity for power.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 opens | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hero | det |
| 6 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 opens | nsubj |
| 7 | opens | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 battery | det |
| 9 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 opens | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 drink | mark |
| 11 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 opens | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 electricity | det |
| 13 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 drink | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 power | case |
| 15 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 drink | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 opens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | present | a hero | a battery | a cartoon | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent battery=Theme in cartoon=Location | |||
| 2 | drink | to-infinitive | a hero not said here | the electricity | for power | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=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: What is the real rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rule | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rule | amod |
| 5 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It is fine if the battery is flat
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 | 3 fine | expl |
| 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 | _ | 8 flat | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 battery | det |
| 6 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flat | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 flat | cop |
| 8 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the battery | flat property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Opening it lets the air in and makes the battery last much longer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening | open | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 lets | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Opening | obj |
| 3 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 air | det |
| 5 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lets | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 lets | compound:prt |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 makes | cc |
| 8 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lets | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 battery | det |
| 10 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 makes | obj |
| 11 | last | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 makes | xcomp |
| 12 | much | much | ADV | _ | 13 longer | advmod |
| 13 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 makes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | gerund | it | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | |||||
| 2 | let in | present | Opening | the air | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make | present | Opening not said here | the battery | long property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | last | present | the battery not said here | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Never open a battery; the chemicals inside are harmful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 open | advmod |
| 2 | open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 battery | det |
| 4 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 open | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 harmful | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chemicals | det |
| 7 | chemicals | chemical | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 harmful | nsubj |
| 8 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 7 chemicals | advmod |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 harmful | cop |
| 10 | harmful | harmful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 open | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not open | imperative | you not said here | a battery | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location battery=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the chemicals | harmful property | tree rules |
Option 4
Batteries are full of a sweet energy drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batteries | battery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 full | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 full | cop |
| 3 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 drink | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 drink | det |
| 6 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 drink | amod |
| 7 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drink | compound |
| 8 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Batteries | of a sweet energy drink; full property | tree rules |
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