Test 2 · ★★ · Electricity — circuits, switches and safety

In a doorbell circuit, what does pressing the button do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doorbell circuit · What happens: press, do · To what, where: button

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 55 «Electricity — circuits, switches and safety» 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 circuit	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 circuit	det
3	doorbell	doorbell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 circuit	compound
4	circuit	circuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pressing	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 pressing	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pressing	aux
8	pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 circuit	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 button	det
10	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pressing	obj
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 pressing	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 circuit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	present · do-support	a doorbell circuit	the button					vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent button=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do	infinitive	a doorbell circuit not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

It changes the bell into a light

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 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bell	det
4	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changes	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 light	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 light	det
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	It	the bell				into a light result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent bell=Patient into light=Result

Option 2

It opens a gap in the wires so the bell rings

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 opens	nsubj
2	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gap	det
4	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opens	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wires	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wires	det
7	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 opens	obl
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 rings	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bell	det
10	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rings	nsubj
11	rings	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 opens	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	It	a gap		the wires			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent gap=Theme in wire=Location
2	ring	present	the bell						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It closes the gap so the bell rings

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 closes	nsubj
2	closes	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gap	det
4	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 closes	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 rings	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bell	det
7	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rings	nsubj
8	rings	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 closes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	present	It	the gap					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gap=Patient
2	ring	present	the bell						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It charges the battery

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 charges	nsubj
2	charges	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 battery	det
4	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 charges	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	present	It	the battery					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location battery=Theme

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