Test 7 · The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccup…
In a cartoon, Tom gets hiccups and each hic lifts him a metre off the ground until Jerry scares them away. What is a real hiccup?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom, hic, Jerry · What happens: get, lift, scare away, be · To what, where: hiccups, cartoon, Tom, real hiccup
This is test 7 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, Tom gets hiccups and each hic lifts him a metre off the ground until Jerry scares them away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | hiccups | hiccup | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 gets | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 lifts | cc |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 hic | det |
| 10 | hic | hic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lifts | nsubj |
| 11 | lifts | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gets | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 lifts | obj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 metre | det |
| 14 | metre | metre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lifts | obj |
| 15 | off | off | ADP | _ | 17 ground | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 ground | det |
| 17 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lifts | obl |
| 18 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 20 scares | mark |
| 19 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 scares | nsubj |
| 20 | scares | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 lifts | advcl |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 scares | obj |
| 22 | away | away | ADV | _ | 20 scares | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Tom | hiccups | a cartoon | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hiccup=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | lift | present | each hic | Tom | off the ground | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme metre=Destination | |||
| 3 | scare away | present | Jerry | hiccups = hiccup | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
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 a real hiccup?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 hiccup | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hiccup | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hiccup | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hiccup | amod |
| 5 | hiccup | hiccup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 hiccup | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a real hiccup | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A small explosion in the stomach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 explosion | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 explosion | amod |
| 3 | explosion | explosion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 stomach | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stomach | det |
| 6 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 explosion | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A jerk of the diaphragm with the voice box snapping shut, which cannot lift you
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 jerk | det |
| 2 | jerk | jerk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 lift | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 diaphragm | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 diaphragm | det |
| 5 | diaphragm | diaphragm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jerk | nmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 box | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 box | det |
| 8 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 box | compound |
| 9 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 diaphragm | nmod |
| 10 | snapping | snap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 jerk | acl |
| 11 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 snapping | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 lift | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 lift | nsubj |
| 14 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 lift | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 lift | advmod |
| 16 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 lift | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snap | gerund | a jerk of the diaphragm with the voice box not said here | shut property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not lift | can | a jerk of the diaphragm with the voice box | you | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 3
A cough that only cats get
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cough | det |
| 2 | cough | cough | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 get | obj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 cats | advmod |
| 5 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 cough | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | cats | a cough | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A jump made by the legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 jump | det |
| 2 | jump | jump | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 jump | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 legs | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 legs | det |
| 6 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a jump not said here | by the legs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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