Test 11 · ★★ · Phones and computer chips

«gold in phones, so I'll smash mine and get rich» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gold · What happens: smash, get, be · To what, where: mine · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Phones and computer chips» 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 gold	punct
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 smash	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 phones	case
4	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gold	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 smash	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 smash	advmod
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 smash	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 smash	aux
9	smash	smash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 smash	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 get	cc
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 smash	conj
13	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 get	xcomp
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 get	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 smash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	smash in a quote	future	gold in phones	mine		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent my=Theme
2	get in a quote	infinitive	gold in phones not said here		rich property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

One phone holds only a tiny bit, and smashing it can start a battery fire

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 phone	nummod
2	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holds	nsubj
3	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 bit	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bit	amod
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holds	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 start	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 start	cc
10	smashing	smash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 start	csubj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 smashing	obj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 start	aux
13	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 holds	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 fire	det
15	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fire	compound
16	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 start	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hold	present	One phone	a tiny bit	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme
2	smash	gerund		bit	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	start	can	smashing	a battery fire	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality

Option 2

Each phone hides a small bar of gold inside, so smashing it open is worth it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 phone	det
2	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hides	nsubj
3	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bar	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bar	amod
6	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hides	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 gold	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bar	nmod
9	inside	inside	ADV	_	3 hides	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 worth	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 worth	advmod
12	smashing	smash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 worth	csubj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 smashing	obj
14	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 smashing	xcomp
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 worth	cop
16	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hides	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 worth	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hide	present	each phone	a small bar of gold	inside property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient
2	smash	gerund		bar	open property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	is	present	smashing		worth property	tree rules

Option 3

Phone gold appears only if you burn it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gold	compound
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 appears	nsubj
3	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 burn	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 burn	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 burn	nsubj
7	burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 appears	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 burn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	present	Phone gold						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	burn a condition, not said to happen	present	you	gold					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Smashing a phone makes its gold shine out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smashing	smash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 makes	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 phone	det
3	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Smashing	obj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 shine	nmod:poss
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shine	compound
7	shine	shine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	4 makes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	gerund		a phone					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme
2	make out	present	Smashing	phone's gold shine					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shine=Stimulus

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