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title: my mate says a hoover sucks the dirt in like a straw sucks juice. so… — Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says a hoover sucks the dirt in like a straw sucks juice. so what's really pushing? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 1 · ★ · Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing

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my mate says a hoover sucks the dirt in like a straw sucks juice. so what's really pushing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, hoover · **What happens:** say, suck in, suck, push · **To what, where:** dirt, juice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing» of the technology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/technology/12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t1:1
# text = my mate says a hoover sucks the dirt in like a straw sucks juice. so what's really pushing?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hoover	hoover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sucks	suck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
13	sucks	suck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	really	really	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **suck in** | present | a hoover | the dirt |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent dirt=Source |
| 3 | **suck** | present | a hoover *not said here* | juice |  |  |  | like a straw | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent juice=Theme |
| 4 | **push** | present · progressive | a hoover *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The carpet pushes the dirt up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t1:o1:1
# text = The carpet pushes the dirt up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push up** | present | the carpet | the dirt |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hoover's magnet pulls the dirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t1:o2:1
# text = The hoover's magnet pulls the dirt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hoover	hoover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present | the hoover's magnet | the dirt |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The air outside pushes in where the pressure is lower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t1:o3:1
# text = The air outside pushes in where the pressure is lower
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | the air |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the pressure |  |  |  |  | low *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The dirt jumps in by itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t1:o4:1
# text = The dirt jumps in by itself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump in** | present | the dirt |  |  |  |  | by dirt | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Trajectory |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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