Test 3 · Pencils, paper and school things

«pen stopped working, prob cos I was writing on the ceiling lying in bed» What is the reason?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: pen, I · What happens: stop, work, write, lie, be · To what, where: prob, ceiling, bed, reason

This is test 3 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» 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	_	3 stopped	punct
2	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stopped	nsubj
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 reason	advcl
4	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stopped	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 prob	punct
6	prob	prob	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 working	obj
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	10 writing	mark
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 writing	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 writing	aux
10	writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 working	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 ceiling	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ceiling	det
13	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 writing	obl
14	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 writing	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 bed	case
16	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lying	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 stopped	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 reason	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 reason	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 reason	det
21	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stop in a quote	past	pen			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	work in a quote	gerund	pen not said here	prob		vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent prob=Material
3	write in a quote	past · progressive	I		the ceiling	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ceiling=Destination
4	lie in a quote	gerund	I not said here		bed	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location
5	is a	present		the reason		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

The pen got too cold in bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pen	det
2	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 cold	advmod
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 bed	case
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the pen			bed		cold property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ink must flow down to the ball, and upside down it can't

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flow	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 flow	aux
3	flow	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 flow	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 ball	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ball	det
7	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flow	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 upside	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 upside	cc
10	upside	upside	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flow	obl
11	down	down	ADV	_	3 flow	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ca	nsubj
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 flow	parataxis
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 flow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not flow down	must	Ink	upside				to the ball; down property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Ceilings soak up all the ink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ceilings	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 soak	nsubj
2	soak	soak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 soak	compound:prt
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 ink	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ink	det
6	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soak	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak up	present	Ceilings	all ink					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent ink=Source

Option 4

The little ball melts when the pen is held upside down for long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ball	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ball	amod
3	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 melts	nsubj
4	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 held	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pen	det
7	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 held	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 held	aux:pass
9	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 melts	ccomp
10	upside	upside	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 held	obj
11	down	down	ADV	_	9 held	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 long	case
13	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	the little ball						tree rules
2	hold down	present · passive		the pen				down property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme upside=Eventuality

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