Test 4 · Bottles, cans and recycling

«smashed a jar on the kitchen floor, gonna grab the bits quick» What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: smash, grab, do · To what, where: jar, kitchen floor, bits

This is test 4 of lesson 4 «Bottles, cans and recycling» 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 smashed	punct
2	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 jar	det
4	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smashed	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 floor	compound
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smashed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grab	punct
10	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	11 grab	dep
11	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 smashed	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bits	det
13	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 grab	obj
14	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grab	advmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 smashed	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 do	obj
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 do	aux
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 do	nsubj
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 smashed	ccomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 smashed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	smash in a quote	past		a jar	the kitchen floor	tree rules
2	grab in a quote	infinitive		the bits		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme
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 · ← Mova's choice

Sweep them away quickly with your bare feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweep	sweep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Sweep	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Sweep	advmod
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Sweep	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 feet	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feet	nmod:poss
7	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feet	amod
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sweep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep away	imperative	you not said here	them = they				with your bare feet; away, quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory

Option 2

Hide the broken bits under the rug so nobody sees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bits	det
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bits	amod
4	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hide	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 rug	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rug	det
7	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 sees	mark
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 sees	nsubj
10	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	the broken bits	the rug	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bit=Patient under rug=Location
2	break	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	see	present	nobody			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Pick up all the pieces fast with your bare hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 pieces	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pieces	det
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pick	obj
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Pick	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 hands	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hands	nmod:poss
9	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hands	amod
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	all pieces				with your bare hands; fast property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Keep away from the bits and tell an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 bits	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bits	det
5	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tell	cc
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	imperative	you not said here			the bits		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from bit=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

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