Test 8 · Lungs and breathing

hiccups again!! my nan says it's my lungs hiccuping. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, lungs · What happens: say, be, hiccup · To what, where: lungs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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	hiccups	hiccup	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 again	nsubj
2	again	again	ADV	_	6 says	advmod
3	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	2 again	punct
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 nan	nmod:poss
5	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lungs	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 lungs	cop
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 lungs	nmod:poss
10	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 says	ccomp
11	hiccuping	hiccup	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 lungs	acl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	6 says	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my nan		again	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	nan	my lungs		tree rules
3	hiccup	gerund	my lungs not said here			vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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

Yes, the lungs are coughing because air went the wrong way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 coughing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lungs	det
4	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 coughing	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coughing	aux
6	coughing	cough	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 went	mark
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 coughing	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cough	present · progressive	the lungs						tree rules
2	go	past	air	the wrong way					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the lungs hop up and down inside your chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lungs	det
4	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hop	nsubj
5	hop	hop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADV	_	5 hop	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 down	cc
8	down	down	ADV	_	6 up	conj
9	inside	inside	ADP	_	11 chest	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 chest	nmod:poss
11	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop up	present	the lungs			your chest			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside chest=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, a hiccup is a sudden jerk of the diaphragm under the lungs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 jerk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hiccup	det
4	hiccup	hiccup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jerk	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 jerk	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jerk	det
7	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 jerk	amod
8	jerk	jerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 diaphragm	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 diaphragm	det
11	diaphragm	diaphragm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jerk	nmod
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 lungs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lungs	det
14	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 jerk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a hiccup	a sudden jerk		the lungs		of the diaphragm	tree rules

Option 4

No, it is your heart skipping a beat every few seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 heart	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 heart	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 heart	cop
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heart	nmod:poss
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	skipping	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 heart	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 beat	det
9	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skipping	obj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 seconds	det
11	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 seconds	amod
12	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 skipping	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	your heart					tree rules
2	skip	gerund	your heart not said here	a beat			second		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beat=Agent

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