Test 12 · ★★ · Phones and computer chips

«spilt me juice on the laptop, it's fine, it'll dry» What is the safer habit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: juice · What happens: spilt, be, dry · To what, where: me, laptop, safer habit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ 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 spilt	punct
2	spilt	spilt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 spilt	obj
4	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spilt	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 laptop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 laptop	det
7	laptop	laptop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spilt	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fine	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fine	expl
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 fine	cop
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 spilt	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 dry	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 dry	nsubj
14	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 dry	aux
15	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 fine	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 dry	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 habit	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 habit	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 habit	det
20	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	21 habit	amod
21	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dry	parataxis
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 spilt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	spilt in a quote	past		me	the laptop		tree rules
2	is in a quote	present				fine property	tree rules
3	dry in a quote	future	juice				tree rules
4	is a	present		the safer habit			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

Keep drinks away from laptops, as spills can ruin them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 laptops	case
5	laptops	laptop	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ruin	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 ruin	mark
8	spills	spill	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ruin	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 ruin	aux
10	ruin	ruin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Keep	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ruin	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	imperative	you not said here	drinks		laptops		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer drink=Beneficiary from laptop=Eventuality
2	ruin	can	spills	drinks = drink					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

Laptops are always waterproof, so a spill can't really hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laptops	laptop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waterproof	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 waterproof	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 waterproof	advmod
4	waterproof	waterproof	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hurt	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	12 hurt	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spill	det
8	spill	spill	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hurt	nsubj
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hurt	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 hurt	advmod
11	really	really	ADV	_	12 hurt	advmod
12	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 waterproof	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Laptops					always, waterproof property	tree rules
2	not hurt	can	a spill						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Pour water on straight away to wash the juice off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 away	case
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	1 Pour	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 wash	mark
7	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pour	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 juice	det
9	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wash	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	7 wash	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	imperative	you not said here	water					vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	wash off	to-infinitive	you not said here	the juice					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Patient

Option 4

Juice is good for the keys and makes them press more softly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 good	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 good	cop
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 keys	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 keys	det
6	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 good	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 makes	cc
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 good	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 makes	obj
10	press	press	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 makes	xcomp
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 press	advmod
12	softly	softly	ADV	_	10 press	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Juice		for the keys; good property	tree rules
2	make	present	Juice not said here	keys = key		tree rules
3	press	infinitive	keys = key not said here		softly property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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