Test 4 · ★★ · Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of…

«baby's got more bones than me? no way, she's tiny» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: baby · What happens: get, be · To what, where: more bones

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 got	aux
4	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 bones	amod
6	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 me	case
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 bones	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl:unmarked
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tiny	punct
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tiny	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 tiny	cop
15	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 tiny	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tiny	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · passive	baby	more bones	than me; no way obl:unmarked	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Stimulus
2	is in a quote	present	baby		tiny property	tree rules
3	is	present			right 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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, and she keeps them all for life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 keeps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 keeps	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 keeps	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keeps	nsubj
5	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keeps	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 them	nmod:unmarked
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 life	case
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	she	them = they				for life	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

No, babies have no bones at all until they start to walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 bones	det
6	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 bones	nmod
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 start	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 start	nsubj
11	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 walk	mark
13	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 start	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have	present	babies	no bones	all	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient
2	start	present	babies = baby			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	walk	to-infinitive	babies = baby not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, about 270 to 300, and many join as she grows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 270	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	about	about	ADV	_	4 270	advmod
4	270	270	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 300	case
6	300	300	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 270	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 join	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 join	cc
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 join	nsubj
10	join	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 270	conj
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 grows	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 grows	nsubj
13	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 join	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	present	many						vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	grow	present	she						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

No, babies have exactly 206

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 206	advmod
6	206	206	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	babies	206					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 206=Patient

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