Test 6 · The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life

«i'll pick my scab, it's fine» Why is that not a good idea?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: pick, be, not be · To what, where: scab, good idea

This is test 6 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» of the biology 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 pick	punct
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 pick	nsubj
3	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pick	aux
4	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 scab	nmod:poss
6	scab	scab	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pick	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fine	expl
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pick	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
12	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	18 idea	advmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 idea	cop
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 idea	mark
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 idea	advmod
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 idea	det
17	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 idea	amod
18	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pick	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pick in a quote	future	i	my scab		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scab=Patient
2	is in a quote	present	i not said here		fine property	tree rules
3	not is a	present		a good idea		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

Option 1

Scabs are needed to make new blood for the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scabs	scab	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 needed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 needed	aux:pass
3	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 needed	advcl
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 blood	amod
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 body	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 body	det
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · passive		Scabs					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive		new blood				for the body	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent blood=Material for body=Beneficiary

Option 2

Picking a scab makes the bone break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 makes	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 scab	det
3	scab	scab	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Picking	obj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 break	det
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 break	compound
7	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	gerund		a scab					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scab=Patient
2	make	present	Picking	the bone break					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset break=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The scab protects the wound while new cells fill the gap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scab	det
2	scab	scab	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protects	nsubj
3	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wound	det
5	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protects	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 fill	mark
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cells	amod
8	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fill	nsubj
9	fill	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 protects	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gap	det
11	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	the scab	the wound					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Beneficiary
2	fill	present	new cells	the gap					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gap=Patient

Option 4

The scab is the place where all of your new skin cells are made, then sent round the body

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scab	det
2	scab	scab	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 place	det
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 made	advmod
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 made	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 cells	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cells	nmod:poss
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cells	amod
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cells	compound
12	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 all	nmod
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 made	aux:pass
14	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 place	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sent	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 sent	advmod
17	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 place	acl
18	round	round	ADP	_	20 body	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 body	det
20	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the scab	the place			tree rules
2	make	present · passive		all			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	send	participle		the place not said here	then	round the body	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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