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title: In a cartoon a vacuum sucks up a whole puppy. What's the real rule? — Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a vacuum sucks up a whole puppy. What's the real rule? Test 7 · ★ 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 was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing

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In a cartoon a vacuum sucks up a whole puppy. What's the real rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** vacuum, real rule · **What happens:** suck up, be · **To what, where:** whole puppy, cartoon

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a vacuum sucks up a whole puppy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon a vacuum sucks up a whole puppy.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sucks	suck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck up** | present | a vacuum | a whole puppy |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent puppy=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the real rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t7:2
# text = What's the real rule?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real rule |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Never vacuum pets, hair or fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t7:o1:1
# text = Never vacuum pets, hair or fingers
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	vacuum	vacuum	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **vacuum** | imperative | you *not said here* | pets and hair or fingers |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent pet=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Puppies like being vacuumed, it tickles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t7:o2:1
# text = Puppies like being vacuumed, it tickles
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	vacuumed	vacuum	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tickles	tickle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vacuum** | gerund · passive |  | Puppies *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V» |
| 2 | **tickle** | present | Puppies |  |  |  |  |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's fine on the lowest setting, gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t7:o3:1
# text = It's fine on the lowest setting, gently
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	lowest	low	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the lowest setting |  | fine, gently *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only big vacuums can suck up a puppy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing:t7:o4:1
# text = Only big vacuums can suck up a puppy
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	vacuums	vacuum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	suck	suck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck up** | can | big vacuums | a puppy |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent puppy=Source |

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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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