Test 1 · The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numb…

«my sister says blood is blue till it hits the air, look at my veins, they're blue innit» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, blood, veins, blue innit · What happens: say, be, hit, look · To what, where: air, blue innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 261 «The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numbers» 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 sister	nmod:poss
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blue	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 blue	cop
7	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
8	till	till	SCONJ	_	10 hits	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hits	nsubj
10	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 blue	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 air	det
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hits	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 look	punct
14	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 veins	case
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 veins	nmod:poss
17	veins	vein	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 look	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 innit	punct
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 innit	nsubj
20	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 innit	cop
21	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 innit	amod
22	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 look	parataxis
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	22 innit	punct
24	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 right	nsubj
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 right	cop
26	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 innit	acl:relcl
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my sister			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	blood		blue property	tree rules
3	hit in a quote	present	blood	the air		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme air=Co-Theme
4	look in a quote	infinitive			at my veins	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at vein=Theme
5	is a in a quote	present	veins = vein	blue innit		tree rules
6	is	present	blue innit		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, blood is blue inside you and turns red the moment that air touches it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 blue	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blue	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 blue	cop
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 blue	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 turns	cc
9	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 blue	conj
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 turns	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moment	det
12	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turns	obl:unmarked
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 touches	nsubj
14	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 touches	nsubj
15	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 moment	acl:relcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 touches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	blood			inside you; blue property	tree rules
2	turn	present	blood not said here		moment	red property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	touch	present	the moment	air			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Option 2

No, blood is green inside and red outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 inside	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 inside	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 inside	cop
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 inside	amod
6	inside	inside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 red	cc
8	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 inside	conj
9	outside	outside	ADV	_	6 inside	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	blood					inside, outside property	tree rules
2	be		blood not said here						tree rules

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

No, blood is always red; veins only look blue through the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 red	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 red	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 red	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 red	advmod
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 look	punct
8	veins	vein	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 look	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 look	advmod
10	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 red	parataxis
11	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 look	xcomp
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 skin	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 skin	det
14	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	blood					always, red property	tree rules
2	look	present	veins					through the skin; blue property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through skin=Theme

Option 4

Yes, but only in your arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 arms	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 arms	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 arms	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 arms	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 arms	nmod:poss
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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