Test 11 · ★★ · Computers and screens

«mouse ain't working on the glass table, stupid thing» What is the likely reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mouse, working · What happens: not work, be · To what, where: stupid thing, glass table, likely reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Computers and screens» 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 working	punct
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 working	nsubj
3	ai	ai	X	Foreign=Yes	5 working	flat:foreign
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 working	advmod
5	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 reason	csubj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 table	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 table	det
8	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 table	compound
9	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 working	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 thing	punct
11	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thing	amod
12	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 working	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 working	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 working	obj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 reason	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 reason	det
17	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 reason	amod
18	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not work in a quote	gerund	mouse	stupid thing		the glass table			vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent what=Material
2	is a	present	working	the likely reason					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

Glass is too cold for mice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cold	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cold	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 cold	advmod
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 mice	case
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Glass					for mice; cold property	tree rules

Option 2

The mouse's ball fell out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouse	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ball	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mouse	case
4	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	nsubj
5	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADV	_	5 fell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall out	past	the mouse's ball					out property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its camera cannot see any pattern on clear glass to track

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 camera	nmod:poss
2	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 pattern	det
7	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 glass	case
9	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 glass	amod
10	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pattern	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 track	mark
12	track	track	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 see	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	Its camera	any pattern		clear glass			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pattern=Stimulus
2	track	to-infinitive	Its camera not said here						vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Mice only work on wooden desks and the glass makes the light go out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 work	advmod
3	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 desks	case
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 desks	amod
6	desks	desk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 makes	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 glass	det
9	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 makes	nsubj
10	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 work	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 light	det
12	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 makes	obj
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 makes	xcomp
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	work	present	Mice		on wooden desks	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on desk=Theme
2	make	present	the glass	the light		tree rules
3	go out	infinitive	the light not said here		out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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