Test 11 · The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numb…
Before blood groups were known, giving one person's blood to another often went badly. Why?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: know, give, go · To what, where: blood, another
This is test 11 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
Sentence 1: Before blood groups were known, giving one person's blood to another often went badly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 3 groups | case |
| 2 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 groups | compound |
| 3 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 known | obl |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 known | aux:pass |
| 5 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 giving | punct |
| 7 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 known | conj |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 person | nummod |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 blood | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 person | case |
| 11 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 giving | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 another | case |
| 13 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 giving | obl |
| 14 | often | often | ADV | _ | 15 went | advmod |
| 15 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 giving | advcl |
| 16 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 went | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 known | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past · passive | before blood groups | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 2 | give | gerund | one person's blood | another | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent blood=Theme to another=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | go | past | badly, often property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Blood always went bad as soon as it left the body
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 went | advmod |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 went | xcomp |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | _ | 6 soon | advmod |
| 6 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 went | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 left | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 left | nsubj |
| 9 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 body | det |
| 11 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 left | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Blood | always, bad, soon property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | past | Blood | the body | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme |
Option 2
Doctors used animal blood, from sheep and calves, instead of human blood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 used | nsubj |
| 2 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blood | compound |
| 4 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 used | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sheep | punct |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 sheep | case |
| 7 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 used | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 calves | cc |
| 9 | calves | calf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sheep | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 blood | punct |
| 11 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 14 blood | case |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 instead | fixed |
| 13 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 blood | amod |
| 14 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | Doctors | animal blood | from sheep and calves; instead human blood | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
People got blood that was too cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 cold | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 cold | cop |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 cold | advmod |
| 7 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blood | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | People | blood | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | past | blood | cold property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Some blood groups do not mix safely, and nobody knew which
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 groups | det |
| 2 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 groups | compound |
| 3 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 mix | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mix | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 mix | advmod |
| 6 | mix | mix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 6 mix | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 knew | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 knew | cc |
| 10 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 knew | nsubj |
| 11 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 mix | parataxis |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 knew | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mix | present · do-support | some blood groups | safely property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | know | past | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |
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