Test 9 · ★ · Batteries

«my brother says a wireless charger squirts electricity through the air like a hose» What is the best correction?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, wireless charger, best correction · What happens: say, squirt, be · To what, where: electricity, air · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 charger	det
6	wireless	wireless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 charger	amod
7	charger	charger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squirts	nsubj
8	squirts	squirt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squirts	obj
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 air	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 air	det
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squirts	obl
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 hose	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hose	det
15	hose	hose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squirts	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 hose	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 hose	nmod
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 What	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 correction	det
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 correction	amod
21	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 What	nsubj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my brother				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	squirt in a quote	present	a wireless charger	electricity	the air	like a hose	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme through air=Destination
3	is a	present	the best correction				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

Right, it sprays tiny drops of electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 sprays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sprays	nsubj
4	sprays	spray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 drops	amod
6	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sprays	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 electricity	case
8	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drops	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spray	present	it	tiny drops of electricity					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent drop=Theme

Option 2

It charges using the light from the room

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	2 charges	nsubj
2	charges	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 charges	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 light	det
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 using	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 room	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 room	det
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	present	It						tree rules
2	use	gerund		the light		the room			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient

Option 3

It works by heating the phone up

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	2 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	4 heating	mark
4	heating	heat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 works	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 phone	det
6	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heating	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	4 heating	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	heat up	gerund		the phone					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent phone=Patient

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

A coil makes a changing magnetic field and a coil in the phone turns it back into electricity

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 coil	det
2	coil	coil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 field	det
5	changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 field	amod
6	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 field	amod
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 turns	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 coil	det
10	coil	coil	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 turns	nsubj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 phone	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 phone	det
13	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coil	nmod
14	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 makes	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 turns	obj
16	back	back	ADV	_	14 turns	advmod
17	into	into	ADP	_	18 electricity	case
18	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	make	present	a coil	a changing magnetic field		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset field=Product
2	change	gerund				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	turn back	present	a coil in the phone	field	electricity	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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