Test 2 · ★★ · Phones and computer chips

«screen's cracked but still works, I'll just keep swiping» What is the safe advice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: crack, work, keep, swipe, be · To what, where: screen, safe advice

This is test 2 · ★★ 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	_	4 cracked	punct
2	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cracked	nsubj:pass
3	's	's	PART	_	2 screen	case
4	cracked	crack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 keep	advcl
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 works	cc
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 works	advmod
7	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cracked	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cracked	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 keep	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 keep	aux
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 keep	advmod
12	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	swiping	swipe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 keep	xcomp
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 swiping	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 advice	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 advice	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 advice	det
18	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 advice	amod
19	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 swiping	ccomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	crack in a quote	participle · passive		screen		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	work in a quote	present			still	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep in a quote	future	I			tree rules
4	swipe in a quote	gerund	I not said here			vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present		the safe advice		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

Pick the loose bits of glass out with your nails

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bits	det
3	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bits	amod
4	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pick	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 glass	case
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bits	nmod
7	out	out	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 nails	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 nails	nmod:poss
10	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick out	imperative	you not said here	the loose bits of glass				with your nails	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cover the crack until it is fixed, as broken glass can cut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crack	det
3	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cover	obj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 fixed	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fixed	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fixed	aux:pass
7	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Cover	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cut	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 cut	mark
10	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 glass	amod
11	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cut	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 cut	aux
13	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Cover	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cover	imperative	you not said here	the crack	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme crack=Destination
2	fix	present · passive		crack	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient
3	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	cut	can	broken glass		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Lick the crack to seal it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lick	lick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crack	det
3	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lick	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 seal	mark
5	seal	seal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Lick	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 seal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lick	imperative	you not said here	the crack					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent crack=Source
2	seal	to-infinitive	you not said here	crack					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

Keep swiping, because phone glass is made so that it can never cut you

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	swiping	swipe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 cut	csubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 made	mark
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glass	compound
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 made	aux:pass
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 swiping	advcl
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 it	case
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 made	obl
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 cut	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 cut	advmod
14	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Keep	advcl
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	swipe	gerund				vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	make	present · passive		phone glass	so it	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
4	not cut	can	swiping	you		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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