Test 7 · The human body deeper: bones, muscles and skin

«got burnt at the beach, now skin's peeling off, gross» What is happening?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: skin · What happens: burnt, peel off, happen · To what, where: beach

This is test 7 of lesson 263 «The human body deeper: bones, muscles and skin» 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	_	3 burnt	punct
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burnt	aux:pass
3	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 beach	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beach	det
6	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burnt	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 peeling	punct
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 skin	advmod
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 peeling	nsubj
10	's	's	PART	_	9 skin	case
11	peeling	peel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 burnt	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 peeling	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gross	punct
14	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 peeling	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 burnt	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 happening	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 happening	aux
18	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 burnt	ccomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 burnt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	burnt in a quote	past · passive		the beach	tree rules
2	peel off in a quote	gerund	skin		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	happen	present · progressive			vn occur-48.3-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

The skin is turning into a tan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skin	det
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turning	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 turning	aux
4	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 tan	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tan	det
7	tan	tan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present · progressive	the skin			a tan			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into tan=Trajectory

Option 2

The skin is growing a new colour underneath the old one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skin	det
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 growing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 growing	aux
4	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 colour	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 colour	amod
7	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 growing	obj
8	underneath	underneath	ADP	_	11 one	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · progressive	the skin	a new colour				underneath the old one	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location colour=Theme

Option 3

Sand is coming out of the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coming	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 coming	aux
3	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 skin	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 skin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skin	det
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	present · progressive	Sand	the skin					vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient skin=Result

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

The body is shedding skin cells the sun damaged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shedding	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shedding	aux
4	shedding	shed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cells	compound
6	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shedding	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sun	det
8	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shedding	obj
9	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shedding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shed	present · progressive	the body	skin cells					tree rules
2	damage	participle							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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