Test 8 · Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands

Why does it take a while before you can crack the same knuckle again?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: take, crack · To what, where: it, same knuckle

This is test 8 of lesson 358 «Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 take	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 take	expl
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 while	det
6	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 crack	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 crack	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 crack	aux
10	crack	crack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 take	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 knuckle	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 knuckle	amod
13	knuckle	knuckle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crack	obj
14	again	again	ADV	_	10 crack	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · do-support		it			while		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	crack	can	you	the same knuckle			again		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knuckle=Theme

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

The muscle is too tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 muscle	det
2	muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tired	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tired	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 tired	advmod
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the muscle					tired property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The gas bubble needs time to dissolve back into the fluid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bubble	det
2	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bubble	compound
3	bubble	bubble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	nsubj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 dissolve	mark
7	dissolve	dissolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 needs	xcomp
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 dissolve	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 fluid	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fluid	det
11	fluid	fluid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dissolve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the gas bubble				time		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	dissolve back not said to happen	to-infinitive	the gas bubble not said here					into the fluid result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into fluid=Result

Option 3

The tiny crack in the bone needs time to heal first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crack	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 crack	amod
3	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needs	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 bone	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bone	det
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crack	nmod
7	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needs	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 heal	mark
10	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 time	acl
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 heal	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the tiny crack in the bone				time		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	heal	to-infinitive	the tiny crack in the bone not said here					first property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The joint locks for a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 joint	det
2	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 locks	nsubj
3	locks	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 day	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 locks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	present	the joint				day		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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