Test 6 · Lungs and breathing

lol why does my throat buzz when i hum?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, my · What happens: do, hum, buzz · To what, where: throat buzz

This is test 6 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 does	discourse
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 does	advmod
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 buzz	nmod:poss
5	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buzz	compound
6	buzz	buzz	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 hum	mark
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 hum	nsubj
9	hum	hum	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	present		my throat buzz	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buzz=Eventuality
2	hum	present	i		vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location
3	buzz		my		nom buzz «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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

There is a bee stuck in your throat lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bee	det
4	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bee	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 throat	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 throat	nmod:poss
8	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	obl
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 is	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a bee			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stick	participle		a bee not said here		your throat			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in throat=Destination

Option 2

Your lungs are rattling against your ribs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 lungs	nmod:poss
2	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rattling	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rattling	aux
4	rattling	rattle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 ribs	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 ribs	nmod:poss
7	ribs	rib	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rattling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rattle	present · progressive	Your lungs			your ribs			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against rib=Location

Option 3

Your teeth are humming along with you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teeth	nmod:poss
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 humming	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 humming	aux
4	humming	hum	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	along	along	ADP	_	7 you	case
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 humming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hum	present · progressive	Your teeth					along you	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along you=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Air is making your vocal cords vibrate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 making	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 making	aux
3	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cords	nmod:poss
5	vocal	vocal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cords	amod
6	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 making	obj
7	vibrate	vibrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 making	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · progressive	Air	your vocal cords					tree rules
2	vibrate	present	your vocal cords not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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