Test 5 · ★★ · Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, ea…

«earwax is gross, gonna dig it all out with a cotton bud every day» What would a doctor say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: earwax, doctor · What happens: be, dig, say · To what, where: earwax · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 362 «Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, earwax and dizziness» 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 gross	punct
2	earwax	earwax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gross	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gross	cop
4	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dig	punct
6	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	7 dig	dep
7	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gross	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dig	obj
9	all	all	ADV	_	10 out	advmod
10	out	out	ADV	_	7 dig	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 bud	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bud	det
13	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bud	compound
14	bud	bud	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dig	obl
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dig	obl:unmarked
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 gross	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 say	obj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 say	aux
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 doctor	det
21	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 say	nsubj
22	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gross	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 gross	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	earwax			gross property	tree rules
2	dig in a quote	infinitive	earwax not said here	earwax	day	with a cotton bud; out property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with bud=Instrument
3	say speech: assert	would	a doctor				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=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.

The options

Option 1

Use a pencil instead, it is harder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pencil	det
3	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Use	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 harder	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 harder	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 harder	cop
8	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Use	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a pencil				instead property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Patient
2	is	present	pencil					hard property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Wash it out with hot water daily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wash	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 Wash	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wash	obl
7	daily	daily	ADV	_	1 Wash	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash out	imperative	you not said here	it				with hot water; daily property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with water=Instrument

Option 3

Good idea, the deeper you dig the cleaner and healthier the ear will be

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 idea	amod
2	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deeper	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 deeper	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deeper	det
5	deeper	deep	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 dig	nsubj
7	dig	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deeper	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cleaner	det
9	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dig	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 healthier	cc
11	healthier	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 deeper	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ear	det
13	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 healthier	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 deeper	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 deeper	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	future	Good idea					deep property	tree rules
2	dig	present	you	the cleaner					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cleaner=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Leave the inside alone; wax cleans itself out and protects the ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 inside	det
3	inside	inside	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 cleans	punct
6	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cleans	nsubj
7	cleans	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 cleans	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	7 cleans	compound:prt
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 protects	cc
11	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cleans	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ear	det
13	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 protects	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the inside	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inside=Theme
2	clean out	present	wax	wax		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient
3	protect	present	wax not said here	the ear		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Beneficiary

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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