Test 7 · ★★★ · Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clove…
«nan put a plantain leaf on my cut knee, that's proper medicine innit» What is best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, that · What happens: put, be · To what, where: plantain leaf, cut knee, proper medicine innit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 340 «Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clover and plantain» 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 put | punct |
| 2 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | nsubj |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 best | csubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 leaf | det |
| 5 | plantain | plantain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaf | compound |
| 6 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 knee | case |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 knee | nmod:poss |
| 9 | cut | cut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 knee | amod |
| 10 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 innit | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 innit | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 innit | cop |
| 14 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 innit | amod |
| 15 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 innit | compound |
| 16 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 put | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 best | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 best | cop |
| 20 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 20 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put in a quote | past | nan | a plantain leaf | my cut knee | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme on knee=Destination | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that | proper medicine innit | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | good 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Clean the cut with water and cover it with a plaster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clean | clean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cut | det |
| 3 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Clean | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Clean | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cover | cc |
| 7 | cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Clean | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 cover | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 plaster | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 plaster | det |
| 11 | plaster | plaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cover | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | imperative | you not said here | the cut | with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cut=Patient with water=Instrument | |||
| 2 | cover | infinitive | you not said here | cut | with a plaster | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with plaster=Theme |
Option 2
Rub dirt in to stop the blood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rub | rub | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rub | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 1 Rub | compound:prt |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stop | mark |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Rub | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 blood | det |
| 7 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub in | imperative | you not said here | dirt | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | you not said here | the blood | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality blood=Eventuality |
Option 3
Leave the leaf on for a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 leaf | det |
| 3 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Leave | compound:prt |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 week | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave on | imperative | you not said here | the leaf | week | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |
Option 4
A leaf is better than any plaster, so leave it on for a week
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 leaf | det |
| 2 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 better | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 better | cop |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 plaster | case |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 plaster | det |
| 7 | plaster | plaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 better | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 leave | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 leave | advmod |
| 10 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 better | parataxis |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 leave | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 leave | compound:prt |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 week | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 week | det |
| 15 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a leaf | than any plaster; good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave on | infinitive | leaf | week | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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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