Test 6 · ★★ · Computers and screens

What would happen if a computer's fan broke while you played a big game?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fan, you · What happens: happen, break, play · To what, where: big game

This is test 6 · ★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 broke	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 computer	det
6	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fan	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 computer	case
8	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 broke	nsubj
9	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 played	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 played	nsubj
12	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 broke	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 game	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 game	amod
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 played	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	break a condition, not said to happen	past	a computer's fan		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	play	past	you	a big game	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

The chips would get too hot, and it might slow down or switch itself off

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chips	det
2	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 hot	advmod
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 slow	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 slow	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 slow	nsubj
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 slow	aux
11	slow	slow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	conj
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 slow	compound:prt
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 switch	cc
14	switch	switch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	conj
15	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 switch	obj
16	off	off	ADP	_	14 switch	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	would	the chips		hot property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	slow down	might	it			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	switch off	infinitive	the chips not said here	itself = it		vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient

Option 2

The screen would turn blue forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 screen	det
2	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	aux
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turn	xcomp
6	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	would	the screen					blue, forever property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Nothing, fans are only for decoration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 fans	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 decoration	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 decoration	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 decoration	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 decoration	case
7	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing fans					for decoration	tree rules

Option 4

It would run faster because it is quieter

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 run	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 run	aux
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 run	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 quieter	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 quieter	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 quieter	cop
8	quieter	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	would	It					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	it					quiet property	tree rules

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