Test 8 · Cells, bones and muscles
A doctor looks at an X-ray and sees a dark line across a white bone. What does it show?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: doctor · What happens: look, see, show · To what, where: dark line, white bone
This is test 8 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: A doctor looks at an X-ray and sees a dark line across a white bone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 doctor | det |
| 2 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looks | nsubj |
| 3 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 ray | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ray | det |
| 6 | X | x | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ray | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 X | punct |
| 8 | ray | ray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looks | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sees | cc |
| 10 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 looks | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 line | det |
| 12 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 line | amod |
| 13 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sees | obj |
| 14 | across | across | ADP | _ | 17 bone | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 bone | det |
| 16 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 bone | amod |
| 17 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sees | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | a doctor | at a X ray | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ray=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | present | a doctor not said here | a dark line | a white bone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer line=Stimulus |
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 does it show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | doctor | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
A healthy growing bone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bone | det |
| 2 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bone | amod |
| 3 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 bone | amod |
| 4 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | gerund | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
A spot where the X-ray ran out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 spot | det |
| 2 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 ran | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ray | det |
| 5 | X | x | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ray | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 X | punct |
| 7 | ray | ray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ran | nsubj |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 ran | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run out | past | a spot | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A break in the bone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 break | det |
| 2 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bone | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bone | det |
| 5 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 break | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A blood vessel in the arm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 vessel | det |
| 2 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vessel | compound |
| 3 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 arm | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 arm | det |
| 6 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vessel | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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