Test 8 · The human body deeper: the brain and nerves

«my leg's gone dead, pins and needles, will it fall off» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: leg, dead pins · What happens: be, fall off · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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	_	6 dead	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 leg	nmod:poss
3	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dead	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dead	cop
5	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dead	amod
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pins	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pins	punct
8	pins	pin	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fall	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 needles	cc
10	needles	needle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pins	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pins	punct
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 fall	aux
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fall	nsubj
14	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	off	off	ADP	_	14 fall	compound:prt
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 fall	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	14 fall	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 fall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	my leg	dead property	tree rules
2	fall off in a quote	future	dead pins and needles		tree rules
3	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

Yes, unless you keep sitting on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	5 keep	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 keep	nsubj
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	xcomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	you						tree rules
2	sit	gerund	you not said here			it			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location

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

No, a squashed nerve is just waking up; moving the leg helps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 waking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nerve	det
4	squashed	squash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 nerve	amod
5	nerve	nerve	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waking	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 waking	aux
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 waking	advmod
8	waking	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 helps	csubj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 waking	compound:prt
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 moving	punct
11	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 waking	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 leg	det
13	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 moving	obj
14	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	squash	participle			vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
2	wake up	present · progressive	a squashed nerve		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	move	gerund	a squashed nerve not said here	the leg	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent leg=Theme
4	help	present	waking		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

No, but it will stay numb all week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stay	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 stay	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stay	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stay	aux
6	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stay	xcomp
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 week	det
9	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	future	it				week	numb property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, if it lasts more than a minute you must call an ambulance at once

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 lasts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lasts	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 lasts	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lasts	nsubj
5	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 lasts	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 minute	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 minute	det
9	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 more	obl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 call	nsubj
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 call	aux
12	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 minute	acl:relcl
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 ambulance	det
14	ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 call	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 once	case
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	present	it	more					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value
2	call	must	you	a ambulance					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent ambulance=Theme at once=Stimulus

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