Test 5 · ★ · Carnivorous and strange plants

my nan says rub a dock leaf on a nettle sting and it's gone. does it work?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan · What happens: say, rub, be, work · To what, where: dock leaf, nettle sting · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 61 «Carnivorous and strange plants» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rub	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 leaf	det
6	dock	dock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leaf	compound
7	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rub	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 sting	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sting	det
10	nettle	nettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sting	compound
11	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rub	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gone	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 gone	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 gone	cop
15	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sting	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
17	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 work	aux
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 work	nsubj
19	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my nan				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	rub	infinitive		a dock leaf	a nettle sting		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme on sting=Destination
3	is	present	nan			gone property	tree rules
4	work	present · do-support	nan				vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yes, the dock leaf pulls the sting out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 pulls	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 leaf	det
4	dock	dock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaf	compound
5	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	nsubj
6	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sting	det
8	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	6 pulls	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull out	present	the dock leaf	the sting					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, the dock leaf is a proper medicine that cures all kinds of stings

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 medicine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 leaf	det
4	dock	dock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaf	compound
5	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 medicine	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 medicine	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 medicine	det
8	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 medicine	amod
9	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 cures	nsubj
11	cures	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 medicine	acl:relcl
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 kinds	det
13	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cures	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 stings	case
15	stings	sting	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 kinds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the dock leaf	a proper medicine					tree rules
2	cure	present	a proper medicine	all kinds of stings					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer kind=Source

Option 3

No, it makes the sting twice as bad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sting	det
6	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 bad	advmod
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 bad	advmod
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	it	the sting				bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sting=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It mostly just cools the skin and takes your mind off it

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 cools	nsubj
2	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	4 cools	advmod
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 cools	advmod
4	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 skin	det
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cools	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 takes	cc
8	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cools	conj
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mind	nmod:poss
10	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 takes	obj
11	off	off	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cool	present	It	the skin		mostly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skin=Patient
2	take	present		your mind	mind		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent mind=Theme off it=Initial_Location
3	mind		your				nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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