Test 5 · ★ · Robots at work and at home

«mower's stuck under the hedge, I'll just lift it out while it's going» What is the right answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, mower · What happens: stick, lift out, go, be · To what, where: mower, hedge, right answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 39 «Robots at work and at home» 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 stuck	punct
2	mower	mower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	nsubj:pass
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	aux:pass
4	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 answer	advcl
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 hedge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hedge	det
7	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lift	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 lift	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 lift	aux
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 lift	advmod
12	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stuck	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lift	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	12 lift	compound:prt
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 going	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 going	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 going	aux
18	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 lift	advcl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 stuck	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 answer	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 answer	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 answer	det
23	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 answer	amod
24	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	24 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stick in a quote	present · passive		mower	the hedge	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under hedge=Destination
2	lift out in a quote	future	I	mower		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	go in a quote	present · progressive	mower			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	be speech: assert	present		the right answer		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

Lift it if you wear gloves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Lift	obj
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 wear	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 wear	nsubj
5	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Lift	advcl
6	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	imperative	you not said here	it					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	wear a condition, not said to happen	present	you	gloves					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent glove=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Never pick it up while it is running; ask an adult to switch it off

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 pick	advmod
2	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pick	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 pick	compound:prt
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 running	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 running	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 running	aux
8	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pick	advcl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 ask	punct
10	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 pick	conj
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ask	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 switch	mark
14	switch	switch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ask	xcomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 switch	obj
16	off	off	ADP	_	14 switch	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not pick up	imperative	you not said here	it		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	run	present · progressive	it			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		a adult	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic
4	switch off not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	adult		vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Lift it quickly by the blades

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Lift	obj
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Lift	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 blades	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 blades	det
6	blades	blade	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lift	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	imperative	you not said here	it				by the blades; quickly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme by blade=Destination

Option 4

Kick it until it comes out from under the hedge, then grab it by the back

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Kick	obj
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 comes	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 comes	nsubj
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Kick	advcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 comes	compound:prt
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 hedge	case
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 hedge	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hedge	det
10	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comes	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 grab	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 grab	advmod
13	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Kick	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 grab	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 back	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 back	det
17	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 grab	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	imperative	you not said here	it				vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	come out	present	it		the hedge			vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
3	grab	infinitive	you not said here	hedge		then	by the back	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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