Test 7 · ★ · Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers

«sewing machine works like my hands tying knots, just faster» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sewing machine, hands · What happens: work, tie, be · To what, where: knots

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 5 «Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers» 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 works	punct
2	sewing	sewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 machine	compound
3	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 works	nsubj
4	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 hands	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hands	nmod:poss
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 works	obl
8	tying	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 hands	acl
9	knots	knot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tying	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 faster	punct
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 faster	advmod
12	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 works	advmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 faster	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 faster	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	work in a quote	present	sewing machine		like my hands; fast property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tie in a quote	gerund	my hands not said here	knots		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient
3	is	present			right property	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

Yes, it has little metal fingers inside that tie a knot each time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fingers	amod
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fingers	compound
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tie	nsubj
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	9 that	case
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 fingers	nmod
10	tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 has	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 knot	det
12	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tie	obj
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 time	det
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tie	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	it						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	tie	present	little metal fingers inside that	a knot			time		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient

Option 2

No, it glues the cloth together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 glues	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 glues	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 glues	nsubj
4	glues	glue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cloth	det
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glues	obj
7	together	together	ADV	_	4 glues	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glue	present	it	the cloth				together property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, a hook below loops the top thread round a second thread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 loops	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 loops	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hook	det
4	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loops	nsubj
5	below	below	ADV	_	4 hook	advmod
6	loops	loop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thread	det
8	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thread	amod
9	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loops	obj
10	round	round	ADP	_	13 thread	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 thread	det
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 thread	amod
13	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	loop	present	a hook	the top thread		a second thread			vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thread=Theme round thread=Destination

Option 4

Yes, but it ties only one big knot at the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 ties	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ties	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 ties	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ties	nsubj
5	ties	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 one	advmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 knot	nummod
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 knot	amod
9	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ties	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ties	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	present	it	one big knot			at the end		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient

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