Test 3 · ★★ · Phones and computer chips

«my old phone's just junk in the drawer» What is the clever answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: junk · What happens: be · To what, where: clever answer

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	_	7 junk	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 phone	nmod:poss
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 phone	amod
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 junk	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 phone	case
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 junk	advmod
7	junk	junk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 answer	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 drawer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 drawer	det
10	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 junk	nmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 junk	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 answer	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 answer	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 answer	det
15	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 answer	amod
16	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	my old phone's junk in the drawer	the clever answer					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

Phones left in a drawer slowly recharge themselves and work again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recharge	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Phones	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 drawer	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 drawer	det
5	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obl
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 recharge	advmod
7	recharge	recharge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 recharge	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 work	cc
10	work	work	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 recharge	conj
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 work	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle		Phones not said here		in a drawer result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in drawer=Result
2	recharge	infinitive	Phones	Phones = phone		slowly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer
3	work	infinitive	Phones not said here		again		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It has no metal in it that is worth anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 metal	det
4	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 it	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 worth	expl
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 it	det
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 worth	cop
9	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 anything	amod
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	anything					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient
2	is	present						worth property	tree rules

Option 3

Old phones slowly turn back into sand in a drawer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 phones	amod
2	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 turn	nsubj
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 turn	advmod
4	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 turn	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 sand	case
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 drawer	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 drawer	det
10	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn back	present	Old phones			sand		in a drawer; slowly property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It holds metals like gold and copper that recycling can reuse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 holds	obj
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 metals	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 copper	cc
7	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gold	conj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 reuse	mark
9	recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reuse	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 reuse	aux
11	reuse	reuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 copper	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	It	metals				like gold and copper	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Theme
2	reuse	can	recycling	copper not said here					vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Asset

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