Test 8 · Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath

«older cousin pongs and he showers every day, why» Which is the most likely reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: older cousin, cousin · What happens: pong, shower, be · To what, where: likely reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 pongs	punct
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 cousin	amod
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pongs	nsubj
4	pongs	pong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 showers	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 showers	nsubj
7	showers	shower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pongs	conj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 showers	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 why	punct
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 showers	conj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 why	punct
13	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 reason	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 reason	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 reason	det
16	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	17 likely	advmod
17	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 reason	amod
18	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 why	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pongs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	pong in a quote	present	older cousin			tree rules
2	shower in a quote	present	cousin		day	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		the likely reason		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

New armpit glands since puberty make sweat that bacteria love

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 glands	amod
2	armpit	armpit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glands	compound
3	glands	gland	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	nsubj
4	since	since	ADP	_	5 puberty	case
5	puberty	puberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glands	nmod
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 love	obj
9	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 love	nsubj
10	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sweat	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	New armpit glands since puberty	sweat					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sweat=Product
2	love	present	bacteria	sweat					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus

Option 2

He sweats only on his feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sweats	nsubj
2	sweats	sweat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 feet	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 feet	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 feet	nmod:poss
6	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sweats	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweat	present	He			his feet			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on foot=Destination

Option 3

He must be ill with something serious that makes his whole body smell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ill	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ill	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 ill	cop
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 ill	obl
7	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 something	amod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 makes	nsubj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 something	acl:relcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 smell	nmod:poss
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 smell	amod
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 smell	compound
13	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	must	He		with something; ill property	tree rules
2	make	present		his whole body smell		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset smell=Product
3	smell		his = he			nom smell «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

His shower water is dirty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 water	nmod:poss
2	shower	shower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	compound
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dirty	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dirty	cop
5	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	His shower water					dirty property	tree rules

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