Test 2 · Electricity at home and staying safe
The lights go out after someone plugs in a broken toaster. What most likely happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lights · What happens: go out, break, happen · To what, where: broken toaster
This is test 2 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
Sentence 1: The lights go out after someone plugs in a broken toaster.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lights | det |
| 2 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | nsubj |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 plugs | case |
| 6 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 plugs | compound |
| 7 | plugs | plug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 toaster | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 toaster | det |
| 10 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 toaster | amod |
| 11 | toaster | toaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | present | the lights | a broken toaster | after someone plugs | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||
| 2 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP 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.
Sentence 2: What most likely happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 likely | advmod |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 4 happened | advmod |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | participle | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The power station has closed for the night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 station | det |
| 2 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 station | compound |
| 3 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 closed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 closed | aux |
| 5 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 closed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | present · perfect · passive | the power station | night | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
The meter has run out of numbers to count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 meter | det |
| 2 | meter | meter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | aux |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 numbers | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 numbers | case |
| 7 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 run | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 count | mark |
| 9 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 run | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present · perfect | the meter | numbers | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out number=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | count | to-infinitive | the meter not said here | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A circuit breaker cut off the power
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 breaker | det |
| 2 | circuit | circuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 breaker | compound |
| 3 | breaker | breaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 breaker | acl |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 power | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 power | det |
| 7 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cut | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | participle | a circuit breaker not said here | the power | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector power=Eventuality |
Option 4
The bulbs all broke at exactly the same time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bulbs | det |
| 2 | bulbs | bulb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 broke | nsubj |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 4 broke | advmod |
| 4 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 6 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 9 time | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broke | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | the bulbs | time | all property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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