Test 4 · Electricity at home and staying safe
A boy's football lands inside a fenced electricity substation. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: football · What happens: land, fence, do · To what, where: fenced electricity substation
This is test 4 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: A boy's football lands inside a fenced electricity substation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 football | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 boy | case |
| 4 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lands | nsubj |
| 5 | lands | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 10 substation | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 substation | det |
| 8 | fenced | fence | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 substation | amod |
| 9 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 substation | compound |
| 10 | substation | substation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lands | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | a boy's football | a fenced electricity substation | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fence | participle | vn battle-36.4 «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.
Sentence 2: What should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | football | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Use a metal pole to drag it out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pole | det |
| 3 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pole | compound |
| 4 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 drag | mark |
| 6 | drag | drag | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Use | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 drag | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 drag | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | a metal pole | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Patient | ||||
| 2 | drag out | to-infinitive | you not said here | pole | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Wait until dark and then fetch it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | ADP | _ | 3 dark | case |
| 3 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Wait | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fetch | cc |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 fetch | advmod |
| 6 | fetch | fetch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fetch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | until dark | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fetch | infinitive | you not said here | it | then | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Climb the fence quickly to get it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fence | det |
| 3 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Climb | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 get | mark |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Climb | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 get | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | the fence | quickly property | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location fence=Theme | |||
| 2 | get back | to-infinitive | you not said here | fence | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Leave it and ask an adult to call the electricity company
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 ask | cc |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ask | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 call | mark |
| 8 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ask | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 company | det |
| 10 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 company | compound |
| 11 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | call not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | the electricity company | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent company=Recipient |
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