Test 9 · ★ · The heart and blood
A van at the shopping centre says «Give blood, save lives». Who might need the blood?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: van · What happens: say, give, save, need · To what, where: blood, lives · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 65 «The heart and blood» 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 van at the shopping centre says «Give blood, save lives».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 van | det |
| 2 | van | van | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 centre | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 centre | det |
| 5 | shopping | shopping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 centre | compound |
| 6 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 van | nmod |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 Give | punct |
| 9 | Give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 says | ccomp |
| 10 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Give | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 save | punct |
| 12 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 Give | conj |
| 13 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 save | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 Give | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a van at the shopping centre | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | give in a quote | infinitive | blood | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | |||||
| 3 | save in a quote | infinitive | lives | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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: Who might need the blood?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 need | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 need | aux |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 blood | det |
| 5 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 need | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 need | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | might | the blood | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot blood=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
People who want to grow taller and stronger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 want | nsubj |
| 3 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 grow | mark |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 want | xcomp |
| 6 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 grow | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stronger | cc |
| 8 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 taller | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | People | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | grow not said to happen | to-infinitive | People not said here | tall property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
People after accidents and operations
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 3 accidents | case |
| 3 | accidents | accident | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 People | nmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 operations | cc |
| 5 | operations | operation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 People | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Only vampires in films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 vampires | advmod |
| 2 | vampires | vampire | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 films | case |
| 4 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 vampires | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
People who are thirsty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 thirsty | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 thirsty | cop |
| 4 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | People | thirsty property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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