--- title: «tins were invented after can openers, obviously» What is right? — Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy · tree and pragmatics description: «tins were invented after can openers, obviously» What is right? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 3 «Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy «tins were invented after can openers, obviously» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** invent, be · **To what, where:** tins This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 3 «Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy» 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/3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy:t9:1 # text = «tins were invented after can openers, obviously» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 tins tin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 openers opener NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invent** *in a quote* | past · passive | | tins | | | after openers | obviously *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, can openers came 100 years earlier ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy:t9:o1:1 # text = Yes, can openers came 100 years earlier 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 openers opener NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | openers | | | | | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were invented on the very same day ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy:t9:o2:1 # text = They were invented on the very same day 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invent** | past · passive | | They | | | day | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tins came first and were opened with a hammer and chisel at first ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy:t9:o3:1 # text = Tins came first and were opened with a hammer and chisel at first 1 Tins tin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 chisel chisel NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Tins | | | | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **open** | past · passive | Tins *not said here* | | | | | with a hammer and chisel | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: at first=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tins have never needed opening ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy:t9:o4:1 # text = Tins have never needed opening 1 Tins tin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present · perfect · passive | | Tins | | | | | tree rules | **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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