Test 7 · Lungs and breathing

Lily breathes faster after running even though she stopped. Why does it keep going for a bit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, it · What happens: breathe, run, stop, keep, go

This is test 7 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: Lily breathes faster after running even though she stopped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 breathes	nsubj
2	breathes	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 breathes	advmod
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 running	mark
5	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 breathes	advcl
6	even	even	ADV	_	9 stopped	advmod
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	9 stopped	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stopped	nsubj
9	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 running	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 breathes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	breathe	present	Lily	fast property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run	gerund	Lily not said here		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	stop	past	Lily		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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: Why does it keep going for a bit?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 keep	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 bit	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · do-support	it						tree rules
2	go	gerund						for a bit	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bit=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Her heart is still pushing air into her lungs as fast as it can

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 heart	nmod:poss
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pushing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pushing	aux
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 pushing	advmod
5	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pushing	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 lungs	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 lungs	nmod:poss
9	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pushing	obl
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 fast	advmod
11	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 pushing	advmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 can	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 can	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present · progressive	Her heart	air		heart's lungs	still	fast property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent air=Theme into lung=Destination

Option 2

Her lungs forgot to slow down and need a reminder from her brain and her teacher

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 lungs	nmod:poss
2	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forgot	nsubj
3	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 slow	mark
5	slow	slow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forgot	xcomp
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 slow	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 need	cc
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forgot	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 reminder	det
10	reminder	reminder	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 brain	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 brain	nmod:poss
13	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 teacher	cc
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 teacher	nmod:poss
16	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 brain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	forget	past	Her lungs			tree rules
2	not slow down	to-infinitive	Her lungs not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	need	present	Her lungs not said here	a reminder	her brain and her teacher	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot reminder=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her body still has extra carbon dioxide to breathe out and oxygen to make up

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 body	nmod:poss
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 has	advmod
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dioxide	amod
6	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dioxide	compound
7	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 breathe	mark
9	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 has	advcl
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 breathe	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 oxygen	cc
12	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breathe	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 make	mark
14	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 breathe	advcl
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 make	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	have	present	Her body	extra carbon dioxide	still	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dioxide=Patient
2	breathe out	to-infinitive	Her body not said here			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make up	to-infinitive	Her body not said here			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Her nose got blocked during the race so she has to gasp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nose	nmod:poss
2	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blocked	nsubj:pass
3	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blocked	aux:pass
4	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 race	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 race	det
7	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blocked	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 has	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 has	nsubj
10	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blocked	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 gasp	mark
12	gasp	gasp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 has	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	block	past · passive		Her nose	during the race	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	have	present	she			tree rules
3	gasp	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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