Test 7 · ★★ · Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and…
A girl with straight hair asks why her friend's is curly. What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, friend, best answer · What happens: ask, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 355 «Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and going grey» 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 girl with straight hair asks why her friend's is curly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 hair | case |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hair | amod |
| 5 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 6 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 curly | advmod |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 friend | nmod:poss |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 curly | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 friend | case |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 curly | cop |
| 12 | curly | curly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 asks | ccomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a girl with straight hair | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | girl's friend | curly 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.
Sentence 2: What is the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Her friend sleeps with wet hair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sleeps | nsubj |
| 3 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 hair | case |
| 5 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hair | amod |
| 6 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sleeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | Her friend | with wet hair | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Her friend's follicles are flat or oval, a shape inherited from her family
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 follicles | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 friend | case |
| 4 | follicles | follicle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 flat | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 flat | cop |
| 6 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 oval | cc |
| 8 | oval | oval | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 flat | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 shape | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 shape | det |
| 11 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flat | parataxis |
| 12 | inherited | inherit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 shape | acl |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 family | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 family | nmod:poss |
| 15 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 inherited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Her friend's follicles | flat property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Her friend's follicles not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | inherit | participle | a shape not said here | friend's family | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from family=Source |
Option 3
Her friend's hair is older
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hair | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 friend | case |
| 4 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 older | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 older | cop |
| 6 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Her friend's hair | old property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Her friend eats more crusts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eats | nsubj |
| 3 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 crusts | amod |
| 5 | crusts | crust | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eats | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Her friend | more crusts | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crust=Patient |
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