Test 10 · Electricity at home and staying safe

kite's stuck near the power lines, can i get it down

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: stick, get down · To what, where: kite, power lines

This is test 10 of lesson 87 «Electricity at home and staying safe» 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	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obl
2	's	's	PART	_	1 kite	case
3	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 kite	acl
4	near	near	ADP	_	7 lines	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lines	det
6	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lines	compound
7	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stuck	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 kite	punct
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 get	nsubj
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 get	obj
13	down	down	ADP	_	11 get	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	participle		kite not said here		the power lines			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme near line=Destination
2	get down	can	i	kite				's kite	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

Yes, if you wear rubber shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 wear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wear	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 wear	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 wear	nsubj
5	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shoes	compound
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	you	rubber shoes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme

Option 2

Yes, if you use a long stick to reach it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 use	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 use	nsubj
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stick	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stick	amod
8	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 reach	mark
10	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 use	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	you	a long stick					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient
2	reach	to-infinitive	you not said here	stick					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, never fly or fetch a kite near power lines; tell an adult

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 fly	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 fly	advmod
4	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 fetch	cc
6	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 fly	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 kite	det
8	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fetch	obj
9	near	near	ADP	_	11 lines	case
10	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lines	compound
11	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fetch	obl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 tell	punct
13	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 fly	conj
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 adult	det
15	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	not fly	imperative	you not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fetch	infinitive	you not said here	a kite		power lines	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kite=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, if the kite string is dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 dry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 dry	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 string	det
5	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 string	compound
6	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dry	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dry	cop
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the kite string					dry property	tree rules

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