Test 2 · ★★ · Computers and screens

«doing homework on the laptop on my bed, it's dead hot, eh» What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, you · What happens: do, be · To what, where: homework, laptop · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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	_	2 doing	punct
2	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 hot	csubj
3	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doing	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 laptop	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 laptop	det
6	laptop	laptop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doing	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 bed	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bed	nmod:poss
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laptop	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 doing	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hot	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 hot	cop
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hot	amod
14	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 eh	punct
16	eh	eh	INTJ	_	14 hot	discourse
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 hot	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 do	obj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 do	aux
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 do	nsubj
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 hot	ccomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 hot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	gerund		homework	the laptop on my bed		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality
2	is in a quote	present	it			hot property	tree rules
3	do	should	you				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

Put it on a hard flat surface so the vents are not blocked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	7 surface	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 surface	det
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 surface	amod
6	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 surface	amod
7	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 blocked	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 vents	det
10	vents	vent	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 blocked	nsubj:pass
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 blocked	aux:pass
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 blocked	advmod
13	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Put	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		a hard flat surface			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on surface=Destination
2	not block	present · passive		the vents					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Put a pillow on it to cool it down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pillow	det
3	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cool	mark
7	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cool	obj
9	down	down	ADP	_	7 cool	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	a pillow		pillow			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent pillow=Theme on it=Destination
2	cool down	to-infinitive	you not said here	pillow					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Keep going, laptops cannot overheat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 overheat	punct
4	laptops	laptop	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 overheat	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 overheat	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 overheat	advmod
7	overheat	overheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Keep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	tree rules
2	go	gerund	you not said here	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not overheat	can	laptops	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Cover it with a blanket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Cover	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 blanket	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 blanket	det
5	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cover	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	imperative	you not said here	it				with a blanket	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with blanket=Theme

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