Test 6 · Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets

Why do people put oil on a squeaky bicycle chain?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: people · What happens: put · To what, where: oil, squeaky bicycle chain

This is test 6 of lesson 51 «Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets» of the world 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 put	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	10 chain	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 chain	det
8	squeaky	squeaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 chain	amod
9	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chain	compound
10	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present · do-support	people	oil		a squeaky bicycle chain			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent oil=Theme on chain=Destination

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

Oil increases the grip of the chain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	nsubj
2	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grip	det
4	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 chain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chain	det
7	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grip	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	Oil	the grip of the chain					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer grip=Patient
2	grip			the chain					nom grip «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Oil makes the metal magnetic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 metal	det
4	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Oil	the metal				magnetic property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material metal=Product

Option 3

Oil makes the chain heavier and stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chain	det
4	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stronger	cc
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 heavier	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Oil	the chain				heavy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material chain=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Oil reduces the friction between the moving parts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 friction	det
4	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	8 parts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parts	det
7	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 parts	amod
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 friction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	Oil	the friction				between the moving parts	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer friction=Patient
2	move	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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