Test 10 · The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccup…

Why do doctors use a poo chart instead of asking people to describe their poo?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doctors · What happens: use, ask, describe · To what, where: poo chart, people, poo

This is test 10 of lesson 364 «The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccups and poo» 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	4 use	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 use	aux
3	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	nsubj
4	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chart	det
6	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chart	compound
7	chart	chart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obj
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 asking	mark
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 use	advcl
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 asking	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 describe	mark
13	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 asking	xcomp
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 poo	nmod:poss
15	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 describe	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	use	present · do-support	doctors	a poo chart		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chart=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	doctors not said here		people	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic
3	describe not said to happen	to-infinitive	doctors not said here	doctors's poo		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent poo=Theme

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

The chart makes poo healthier, because looking at the right picture helps the gut copy it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chart	det
2	chart	chart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
5	healthier	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 makes	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 helps	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 helps	mark
8	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 helps	csubj
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 picture	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 picture	det
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 picture	amod
12	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looking	obl
13	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 makes	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gut	det
15	gut	gut	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 copy	nsubj
16	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 helps	xcomp
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 copy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	the chart	poo	healthy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset poo=Product
2	look	gerund			at the right picture	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at picture=Theme
3	help	present	looking			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	copy	infinitive	the gut	poo		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Pictures let everyone point to the same type without awkward words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 let	obj
4	point	point	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 type	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 type	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 type	amod
8	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 point	obl
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 words	case
10	awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 words	amod
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 point	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	Pictures	everyone					tree rules
2	point	infinitive	everyone not said here		the same type			without awkward words	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to type=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Doctors cannot understand words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 understand	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 understand	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 understand	advmod
4	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 understand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not understand	can	Doctors	words					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

Option 4

Poo changes shape when you describe it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changes	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 describe	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 describe	nsubj
6	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 changes	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 describe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Poo	shape					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient
2	describe	present	you	shape					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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