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Test 4 · ★★ · Electricity — circuits, switches and safety

A child wants to test whether a spoon is metal or plastic using a battery, a bulb and wires. What will show it is metal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, spoon · What happens: want, test, be, use, show · To what, where: metal, battery · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A child wants to test whether a spoon is metal or plastic using a battery, a bulb and wires.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 test	mark
5	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	10 metal	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spoon	det
8	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 metal	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 metal	cop
10	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 test	advcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 plastic	cc
12	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 metal	conj
13	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 test	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 battery	det
15	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 using	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 bulb	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bulb	det
18	bulb	bulb	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 battery	appos
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 wires	cc
20	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 bulb	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a child						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	test not said to happen	to-infinitive	a child not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	a spoon	metal or plastic					tree rules
4	use	gerund	a child not said here	a battery					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient

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.

Sentence 2: What will show it is metal?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 show	obj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 show	aux
3	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 metal	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 metal	cop
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	ccomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	future							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
2	is a	present	spoon	metal					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The bulb lights when the spoon fills the gap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bulb	det
2	bulb	bulb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lights	nsubj
3	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 fills	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spoon	det
6	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fills	nsubj
7	fills	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lights	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gap	det
9	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fills	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	present	the bulb						vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	fill	present	the spoon	the gap					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gap=Patient

Option 2

The battery gets lighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 battery	det
2	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the battery					light property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

The bulb stays dark when the spoon fills the gap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bulb	det
2	bulb	bulb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	nsubj
3	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stays	xcomp
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 fills	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spoon	det
7	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fills	nsubj
8	fills	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stays	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gap	det
10	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fills	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	the bulb					dark property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fill	present	the spoon	the gap					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gap=Patient

Option 4

The spoon gets cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spoon	det
2	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the spoon					cold property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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