Test 2 · ★ · Growing up: growth spurts, height, voices and getting stro…

Why might a doctor always measure a child at the same time of day?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doctor · What happens: measure · To what, where: child

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 361 «Growing up: growth spurts, height, voices and getting stronger» 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	6 measure	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 measure	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 doctor	det
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 measure	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 measure	advmod
6	measure	measure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 measure	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 time	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 measure	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 day	case
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 time	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	might	a doctor	a child			time	always property	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme child=Value

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

Because the doctor's eyes get tired by the evening and cannot read the numbers

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 get	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doctor	det
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eyes	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 doctor	case
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 evening	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 evening	det
10	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tired	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 read	cc
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 read	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 read	advmod
14	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 get	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 numbers	det
16	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the doctor's eyes					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	not read	can	the doctor's eyes not said here	the numbers					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Because children only grow after lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 grow	mark
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 grow	advmod
4	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 lunch	case
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	children				after lunch		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Because rulers shrink in the afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 shrink	mark
2	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shrink	nsubj
3	shrink	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 afternoon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 afternoon	det
6	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shrink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	present	rulers				afternoon		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Because you are about a centimetre taller in the morning than at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 taller	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 taller	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 taller	cop
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 centimetre	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 centimetre	det
6	centimetre	centimetre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taller	obl
7	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 morning	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 morning	det
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taller	obl
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 night	case
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 night	case
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you				morning; night	about a centimetre; tall property	tree rules

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