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Test 4 · Cells, bones and muscles

Ben says the triceps pushes his arm straight. Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben, triceps · What happens: say, push, be · To what, where: arm · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 64 «Cells, bones and muscles» 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: Ben says the triceps pushes his arm straight.

nsubjdetnsubjccompnmod:possobjadvmodpunctrootBenPROPNsaysVERBtheDETtricepsNOUNpushesVERBhisPRONarmNOUNstraightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BenBenPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 tricepsdet
4tricepstricepsNOUNNumber=Plur5 pushesnsubj
5pushespushVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 saysccomp
6hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 armnmod:poss
7armarmNOUNNumber=Sing5 pushesobj
8straightstraightADV_5 pushesadvmod
9..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentBenvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2pushpresentthe tricepsBen's armstraight propertyvn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=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.

Sentence 2: Is he right?

copnsubjpunctrootIsAUXhePRONrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentBenright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

No, the biceps pushes it straight

discoursepunctdetnsubjobjadvmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTtheDETbicepsNOUNpushesVERBitPRONstraightADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 pushesdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_5 pushespunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 bicepsdet
4bicepsbicepsNOUNNumber=Plur5 pushesnsubj
5pushespushVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 pushesobj
7straightstraightADV_5 pushesadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pushpresentthe bicepsitstraight propertyvn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Yes, all arm muscles push

discoursepunctdetcompoundnsubjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTallDETarmNOUNmusclesNOUNpushVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 pushdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3allallDETPronType=Tot5 musclesdet
4armarmNOUNNumber=Sing5 musclescompound
5musclesmuscleNOUNNumber=Plur6 pushnsubj
6pushpushVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pushpresentall arm musclesvn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, the triceps is the only muscle in the whole body that pushes

discoursepunctdetnsubjcopdetamodcasedetamodnmodnsubjacl:relclrootYesINTJ,PUNCTtheDETtricepsNOUNisAUXtheDETonlyADJmuscleNOUNinADPtheDETwholeADJbodyNOUNthatPRONpushesVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos8 musclediscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 tricepsdet
4tricepstricepsNOUNNumber=Plur8 musclensubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 musclecop
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 muscledet
7onlyonlyADJDegree=Pos8 muscleamod
8musclemuscleNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
9ininADP_12 bodycase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 bodydet
11wholewholeADJDegree=Pos12 bodyamod
12bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing8 musclenmod
13thatthatPRONPronType=Rel14 pushesnsubj
14pushespushVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 bodyacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe tricepsthe only musclethe whole bodytree rules
2pushpresentthe whole bodyvn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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

No, the triceps pulls to straighten it; muscles never push

discoursepunctdetnsubjmarkadvclobjpunctnsubjadvmodconjrootNoINTJ,PUNCTtheDETtricepsNOUNpullsVERBtoPARTstraightenVERBitPRON;PUNCTmusclesNOUNneverADVpushVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 pullsdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 tricepsdet
4tricepstricepsNOUNNumber=Sing5 pullsnsubj
5pullspullVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6totoPART_7 straightenmark
7straightenstraightenVERBVerbForm=Inf5 pullsadvcl
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 straightenobj
9;;PUNCT_12 pushpunct
10musclesmuscleNOUNNumber=Plur12 pushnsubj
11neverneverADVPronType=Neg12 pushadvmod
12pushpushVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 pullsconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pullpresentthe tricepsvn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2straightento-infinitivethe triceps not said heretricepsvn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3not pushpresentmusclesvn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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