Test 10 · Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath
Mum cuts a toenail into a deep curve at the corner, and a week later the toe is red and sore. What has probably happened?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, toe · What happens: cut, be, happen · To what, where: toenail, deep curve
This is test 10 of lesson 356 «Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath» 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: Mum cuts a toenail into a deep curve at the corner, and a week later the toe is red and sore.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cuts | nsubj |
| 2 | cuts | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 toenail | det |
| 4 | toenail | toenail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cuts | obj |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 curve | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 curve | det |
| 7 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 curve | amod |
| 8 | curve | curve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cuts | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 corner | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 corner | det |
| 11 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 curve | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 red | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 red | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 week | det |
| 15 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 later | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 20 red | advmod |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 toe | det |
| 18 | toe | toe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 red | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 red | cop |
| 20 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 cuts | parataxis |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 sore | cc |
| 22 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 red | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cuts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | present | Mum | a toenail | a deep curve at the corner | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent toenail=Material into curve=Product | |||
| 2 | is | present | the toe | late, red property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | the toe not said here | 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 has probably happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happened | aux |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 happened | advmod |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · perfect | probably property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The toe has a bruise from the scissors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 toe | det |
| 2 | toe | toe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bruise | det |
| 5 | bruise | bruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 scissors | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 scissors | det |
| 8 | scissors | scissors | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bruise | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the toe | a bruise | the scissors | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bruise=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The nail edge has grown into the skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 edge | det |
| 2 | nail | nail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 edge | compound |
| 3 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grown | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grown | aux |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 skin | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 skin | det |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present · perfect | the nail edge | into the skin result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into skin=Result |
Option 3
The toe is broken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 toe | det |
| 2 | toe | toe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | aux:pass |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present · passive | the toe | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
The nail has fallen off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 nail | det |
| 2 | nail | nail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fallen | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fallen | aux |
| 4 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 fallen | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall off | present · perfect | the nail | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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