Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: machines at home and in the factory ★★★

★★★ «if microwaves can't get through the door holes, how come I can see the food?» What is the answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, I, answer · What happens: not get, come, see, be · To what, where: door holes, food

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: machines at home and in the factory ★★★» 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

Sentence 1: ★★★ «if microwaves can't get through the door holes, how come I can see the food?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 get	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 get	mark
6	microwaves	microwave	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 get	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 get	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 get	advmod
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	through	through	ADP	_	13 holes	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 holes	det
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 holes	compound
13	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 get	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 come	punct
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 come	advmod
16	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 holes	acl:relcl
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 see	nsubj
18	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 see	aux
19	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 come	acl:relcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 food	det
21	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 see	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not get in a quote	can	★		the door holes	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through hole=Destination
2	come in a quote	present				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see in a quote	can	I	the food		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus

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.

Sentence 2: What is the answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 answer	det
4	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Microwaves are see-through, so light and microwaves pass together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Microwaves	microwave	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pass	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	cop
3	see	see	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Microwaves	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 through	punct
5	through	through	ADV	_	3 see	compound
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pass	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 pass	advmod
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pass	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 microwaves	cc
10	microwaves	microwave	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 light	conj
11	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	together	together	ADV	_	11 pass	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						see property	tree rules
2	pass	present	Microwaves					together property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The door glass is the only part that lets anything through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 glass	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glass	compound
3	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 part	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 part	det
6	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 part	amod
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 lets	nsubj
9	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 part	acl:relcl
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 lets	obj
11	through	through	ADV	_	9 lets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the door glass	the only part					tree rules
2	let	present	the only part	anything				through property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The holes are too small for microwaves but big enough for light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 holes	det
2	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 small	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 small	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 small	advmod
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 microwaves	case
7	microwaves	microwave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 small	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 big	cc
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 small	conj
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 big	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 light	case
12	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 big	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the holes					for microwaves; small property	tree rules
2	be		the holes not said here					for light; enough property	tree rules

Option 4

You can't really see it; the picture is a screen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 screen	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 picture	det
9	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 screen	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 screen	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 screen	det
12	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	You	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	is a	present	the picture	a screen					tree rules

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