Test 4 · ★★ · Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes

Why does a cardboard box get stronger when you add a corrugated layer, a wavy folded sheet, inside its walls?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cardboard box, you · What happens: get, add, corrugate, fold · To what, where: corrugated layer, walls

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 86 «Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes» 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	6 get	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 box	det
4	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 box	compound
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 get	xcomp
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 add	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 add	nsubj
10	add	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 layer	det
12	corrugated	corrugate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 layer	amod
13	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 add	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wavy	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 wavy	det
16	wavy	wavy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 layer	appos
17	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 sheet	amod
18	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wavy	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 walls	punct
20	inside	inside	ADP	_	22 walls	case
21	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 walls	nmod:poss
22	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 add	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	present · do-support	a cardboard box			strong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	add speech: assert	present	you	a corrugated layer	box's walls		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layer=Patient
3	corrugate	participle					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	fold	participle					vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

The options

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

The wavy folds make the card much stiffer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 folds	det
2	wavy	wavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 folds	amod
3	folds	fold	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 card	det
6	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 stiffer	advmod
8	stiffer	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the wavy folds	the card				stiff property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset card=Product

Option 2

The folds make the card much heavier and softer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 folds	det
2	folds	fold	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 card	det
5	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	much	much	ADV	_	7 heavier	advmod
7	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 make	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 softer	cc
9	softer	soft	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 heavier	conj

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

Option 3

The folds keep the box dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 folds	det
2	folds	fold	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 keep	nsubj
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dry	det
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dry	compound
6	dry	dry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the folds	the box dry					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dry=Theme

Option 4

The folds glue the box shut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 folds	det
2	folds	fold	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 glue	nsubj
3	glue	glue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 box	det
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glue	obj
6	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 glue	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glue	present	the folds	the box				shut property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient

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