Test 5 · The human body deeper: the brain and nerves

«my brother says I'm right-brained so I'm rubbish at maths» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother · What happens: say, brain, be · To what, where: rubbish, maths · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 260 «The human body deeper: the brain and nerves» 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 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 brained	nsubj
6	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 brained	aux
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brained	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 right	punct
9	brained	brain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 says	ccomp
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 rubbish	advmod
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 rubbish	nsubj
12	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 rubbish	cop
13	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brained	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 maths	case
15	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 rubbish	nmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 rubbish	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brained	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my brother				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	brain in a quote	present · passive	my brother = brother				vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	my brother = brother	rubbish	maths		tree rules
4	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

Option 1

True, right-brained people can never do maths, however hard they try

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brained	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct
5	brained	brain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 do	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 do	advmod
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 do	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hard	punct
12	however	however	ADV	_	13 hard	advmod
13	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 do	advmod
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 try	nsubj
15	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 hard	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	brain	participle				vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not do	can	True brained people	maths		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Eventuality
3	is	present			hard, however property	tree rules

Option 2

False, everyone is left-brained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 everyone	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 False	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 left	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 left	cop
5	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 left	punct
7	brained	brain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 left	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	everyone					left property	tree rules
2	brain	participle	everyone not said here						vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

True, but it changes on Tuesdays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 changes	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 changes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 changes	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 changes	nsubj
5	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Tuesdays	case
7	Tuesdays	Tuesday	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 changes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	it				tuesday		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That is a myth; both halves of the brain work together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 myth	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 myth	det
4	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 myth	punct
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 halves	det
7	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 work	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 brain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 brain	det
10	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 halves	nmod
11	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 myth	parataxis
12	together	together	ADV	_	11 work	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a myth					tree rules
2	work together	infinitive	both halves of the brain					together property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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