Test 5 · Cells, bones and muscles
ugh legs are dead after that hike. coach says its lactic acid stuck in them. right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ugh legs, dead coach · What happens: be, say, stick · To what, where: lactic acid · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ugh | ugh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 legs | amod |
| 2 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dead | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dead | cop |
| 4 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 coach | amod |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 hike | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 hike | det |
| 7 | hike | hike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dead | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dead | punct |
| 9 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | nsubj |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 acid | nmod:poss |
| 12 | lactic | lactic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 acid | amod |
| 13 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | obj |
| 14 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 acid | acl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 them | case |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 stuck | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| 18 | right | right | ADV | _ | 10 says | advmod |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | ugh legs | after that hike | dead property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | dead coach | coach's lactic acid | right property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent acid=Topic | |||
| 3 | stick | participle | coach's lactic acid not said here | in legs = leg | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in they=Destination |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, and it slowly turns into bone if you don't stretch it out
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 turns | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 turns | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 turns | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 turns | nsubj |
| 5 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 6 turns | advmod |
| 6 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 bone | case |
| 8 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 turns | obl |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 stretch | mark |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 stretch | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 stretch | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 stretch | advmod |
| 13 | stretch | stretch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 turns | advcl |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 stretch | obj |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 stretch | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | it | bone | slowly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into bone=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | not stretch out a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | you | bone | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, the soreness is tiny muscle tears being repaired
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 tears | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 soreness | det |
| 4 | soreness | soreness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tears | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 tears | cop |
| 6 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tears | amod |
| 7 | muscle | muscle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tears | compound |
| 8 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 repaired | aux:pass |
| 10 | repaired | repair | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 tears | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the soreness | tiny muscle tears | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | repair | gerund · passive | tiny muscle tears not said here | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient» |
Option 3
Yes, the acid stays in the legs for days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 stays | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 acid | det |
| 4 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stays | nsubj |
| 5 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 legs | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 legs | det |
| 8 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stays | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 days | case |
| 10 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | the acid | the legs | day | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in leg=Location |
Option 4
No, it means your bones are broken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bones | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 broken | aux:pass |
| 8 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | break | present · passive | your bones | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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