Test 10 · ★★ · Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of…
A boy counts the bones in his little toe on an X-ray and finds two, not three. What should he think?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: count, find, think · To what, where: bones, little toe, two
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 359 «Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of a baby» 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 boy counts the bones in his little toe on an X-ray and finds two, not three.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counts | nsubj |
| 3 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bones | det |
| 5 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 counts | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 toe | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 toe | nmod:poss |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 toe | amod |
| 9 | toe | toe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counts | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 ray | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 ray | det |
| 12 | X | x | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ray | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 X | punct |
| 14 | ray | ray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 toe | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 finds | cc |
| 16 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 counts | conj |
| 17 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 finds | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 three | punct |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 three | advmod |
| 20 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 finds | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 counts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | a boy | the bones | boy's little toe on a X ray | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme | |||
| 2 | find | present | a boy not said here | two | three obl | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Topic |
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 should he think?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 think | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 think | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 think | nsubj |
| 4 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | should | boy | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
His little toe must be broken and needs a plaster
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 toe | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 toe | amod |
| 3 | toe | toe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 broken | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 broken | aux:pass |
| 6 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 needs | cc |
| 8 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 broken | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 plaster | det |
| 10 | plaster | plaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | must · passive | His little toe | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | need | present | a plaster | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plaster=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nothing is wrong; two little-toe bones often fuse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 fuse | punct |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 bones | nummod |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 toe | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 little | punct |
| 8 | toe | toe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bones | compound |
| 9 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 fuse | nsubj |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 11 fuse | advmod |
| 11 | fuse | fuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fuse | present | two toe bones | often property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He has lost a bone
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 | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | aux |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bone | det |
| 5 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · perfect | He | a bone | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Eventuality |
Option 4
The X-ray must be fake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ray | det |
| 2 | X | x | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ray | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 X | punct |
| 4 | ray | ray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fake | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 fake | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 fake | cop |
| 7 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | the X ray | fake property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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