Test 10 · ★★★ · Muscles and joints by name: biceps, triceps, knees, elbows…
In a cartoon Jerry ties Tom's tail in a bow and Tom's leg bends backwards at the knee. What is true about a real knee?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: leg · What happens: tie, bend, be · To what, where: tail, cartoon Jerry, knee
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 360 «Muscles and joints by name: biceps, triceps, knees, elbows and the busiest muscles» 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: In a cartoon Jerry ties Tom's tail in a bow and Tom's leg bends backwards at the knee.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 Jerry | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 Jerry | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Jerry | compound |
| 4 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ties | obl |
| 5 | ties | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 tail | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Tom | case |
| 8 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ties | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 bow | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bow | det |
| 11 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ties | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 bends | cc |
| 13 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 leg | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Tom | case |
| 15 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bends | nsubj |
| 16 | bends | bend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ties | conj |
| 17 | backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | 16 bends | advmod |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 knee | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 knee | det |
| 20 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bends | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ties | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | present | Tom's tail | a cartoon Jerry | in a bow | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | |||
| 2 | bend | present | Tom's leg | the knee | backwards property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at knee=Location |
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 is true about a real knee?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 knee | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 knee | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 knee | amod |
| 7 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about a real knee; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It can bend any way it likes, like a ball in a socket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 bend | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 bend | aux |
| 3 | bend | bend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 way | det |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bend | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 likes | nsubj |
| 7 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | acl:relcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ball | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 ball | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 ball | det |
| 11 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bend | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 socket | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 socket | det |
| 14 | socket | socket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ball | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bend | can | It | any way | like a ball in a socket | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | like | present | way | any way not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot way=Theme |
Option 2
It is a pivot and spins round
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pivot | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pivot | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pivot | det |
| 4 | pivot | pivot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 spins | cc |
| 6 | spins | spin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pivot | conj |
| 7 | round | round | ADV | _ | 6 spins | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a pivot | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spin round | present | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is a hinge, so it bends one way only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hinge | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hinge | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hinge | det |
| 4 | hinge | hinge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bends | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 bends | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bends | nsubj |
| 8 | bends | bend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hinge | acl:relcl |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 way | nummod |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bends | obl |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 way | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a hinge | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bend | present | hinge | one way | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent hinge=Material |
Option 4
It has no ligaments at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 ligaments | det |
| 4 | ligaments | ligament | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 ligaments | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | no ligaments | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ligament=Patient |
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