Test 5 · Lungs and breathing
The whole class yawns one after another. What does that show?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: whole class, that · What happens: yawn, show · To what, where: one
This is test 5 of lesson 66 «Lungs and breathing» 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: The whole class yawns one after another.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 class | det |
| 2 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 class | amod |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yawns | nsubj |
| 4 | yawns | yawn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 yawns | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 another | case |
| 7 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 one | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 yawns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yawn | present | the whole class | one | after another | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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: What does that 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 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 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 | that | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Yawns are a sign that everyone is very hungry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yawns | yawn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sign | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sign | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sign | det |
| 4 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 hungry | mark |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 hungry | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 hungry | cop |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 hungry | advmod |
| 9 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sign | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Yawns | a sign | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | everyone | a sign not said here | hungry property | tree rules |
Option 2
Everyone in the class is getting ill with flu
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 getting | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 class | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 class | det |
| 4 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Everyone | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 getting | aux |
| 6 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 getting | xcomp |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 flu | case |
| 9 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 getting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · progressive | Everyone | with flu; ill property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
The classroom has run out of air for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 classroom | det |
| 2 | classroom | classroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | aux |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 everyone | case |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 run | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present · perfect · passive | everyone | the classroom | air | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme out air=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yawns are catching, though nobody knows exactly why
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yawns | yawn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 catching | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 catching | aux |
| 3 | catching | catch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 knows | punct |
| 5 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 7 knows | mark |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 knows | nsubj |
| 7 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 catching | conj |
| 8 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 9 why | advmod |
| 9 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 knows | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · progressive | Yawns | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | know | present | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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