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Test 7 · The human body deeper: the brain and nerves

A robot tickles you a short moment after you press its button. Why might it work a bit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: robot, you · What happens: tickle, press, work · To what, where: you, button, bit

This is test 7 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

Sentence 1: A robot tickles you a short moment after you press its button.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 robot	det
2	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tickles	nsubj
3	tickles	tickle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 tickles	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 moment	det
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 moment	amod
7	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tickles	obl:unmarked
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 press	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 press	nsubj
10	press	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tickles	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 button	nmod:poss
12	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 press	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tickles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tickle	present	a robot	you			moment		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Experiencer
2	press	present	you	robot's button					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme

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: Why might it work a bit?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 work	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 work	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 work	nsubj
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl:unmarked
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	might	robot	a bit					vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Electricity tickles on its own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tickles	compound
2	tickles	tickle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 own	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 own	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tickles	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The delay makes the touch less predictable for your brain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 delay	det
2	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 touch	det
5	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 predictable	advmod
7	predictable	predictable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 makes	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 brain	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 brain	nmod:poss
10	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the delay	the touch				for your brain; predictable property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent touch=Product for brain=Asset

Option 3

Robots have special tickly fingers made of feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fingers	amod
4	tickly	tickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fingers	amod
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fingers	acl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 feathers	case
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Robots	special tickly fingers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient
2	make	participle		special tickly fingers not said here				of feathers	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

Buttons make the skin softer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buttons	button	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 skin	det
4	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	softer	soft	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Buttons	the skin				soft property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material skin=Product

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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