--- title: Mia says the fluff in the dryer is dust from outside. What is it rea… — Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing · tree and pragmatics description: Mia says the fluff in the dryer is dust from outside. What is it really? 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What is it really? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia, fluff · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** dust, fluff · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia says the fluff in the dryer is dust from outside. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t11:1 # text = Mia says the fluff in the dryer is dust from outside. 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fluff fluff NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dryer dryer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 outside outside ADV RB _ 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | the fluff in the dryer | dust | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is it really? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t11:2 # text = What is it really? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | fluff | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Soap that dried out ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t11:o1:1 # text = Soap that dried out 1 Soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dried dry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry out** | past | Soap | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dust blown in from the street outside the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t11:o2:1 # text = Dust blown in from the street outside the house 1 Dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 outside outside ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | participle | | Dust *not said here* | | the street | | outside the house | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tiny bits of the clothes being dried ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t11:o3:1 # text = Tiny bits of the clothes being dried 1 Tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 2 nmod _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** | gerund · passive | | Tiny bits of the clothes | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} Mould growing in the machine ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t11:o4:1 # text = Mould growing in the machine 1 Mould mould NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | gerund | Mould *not said here* | | | the machine | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in machine=Location | **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. 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