Test 4 · Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freckles and sunburn
A cat sees a big dog and its fur stands up so it looks twice as big. What in your own skin works the same way?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat, fur, own skin · What happens: see, stand up, look, work · To what, where: big dog, same way
This is test 4 of lesson 353 «Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freckles and sunburn» 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: A cat sees a big dog and its fur stands up so it looks twice as big.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dog | amod |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 stands | cc |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fur | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stands | nsubj |
| 10 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sees | conj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 stands | compound:prt |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 looks | advmod |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 looks | nsubj |
| 14 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 stands | advcl |
| 15 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 17 big | advmod |
| 16 | as | as | ADV | _ | 17 big | advmod |
| 17 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 looks | xcomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a cat | a big dog | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | stand up | present | cat's fur | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | look | present | fur | big property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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: What in your own skin works the same way?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 works | obj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 skin | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 skin | nmod:poss |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 skin | amod |
| 5 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 works | nsubj |
| 6 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 way | amod |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 works | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 works | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | your own skin | the same way | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent what=Material |
The options
Option 1
Sweat, when the skin goes wet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweat | sweat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 goes | punct |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 goes | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 skin | det |
| 5 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 6 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 goes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Sweat | wet property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Freckles, when skin goes darker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freckles | freckle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 goes | punct |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 goes | mark |
| 4 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 goes | nsubj |
| 5 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | darker | dark | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 goes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Freckles | dark property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Goosebumps, when tiny muscles lift your hairs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goosebumps | goosebump | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lift | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lift | punct |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 lift | mark |
| 4 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 muscles | amod |
| 5 | muscles | muscle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lift | nsubj |
| 6 | lift | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hairs | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lift | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | present | Goosebumps | your hairs | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
Option 4
Blushing, when the skin goes red
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blushing | blush | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 goes | punct |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 goes | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 skin | det |
| 5 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 6 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 goes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blush | gerund | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | go | present | red property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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