Test 11 · ★★★ · The brain and nerves

Why would a doctor worry much more about a broken back than a broken arm?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: doctor · What happens: worry, break · To what, where: more

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The brain and nerves» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 worry	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 worry	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 doctor	det
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worry	nsubj
5	worry	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	much	much	ADV	_	7 more	advmod
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 worry	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 back	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 back	det
10	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 back	amod
11	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 more	obl
12	than	than	ADP	_	15 arm	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 arm	det
14	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 arm	amod
15	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 back	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 worry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	worry	would	a doctor	more	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus more=Experiencer
2	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

The spinal cord inside the back carries messages to the whole body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cord	det
2	spinal	spinal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cord	amod
3	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carries	nsubj
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 back	det
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cord	nmod
7	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carries	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 body	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 body	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 body	amod
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	the spinal cord inside the back	messages		the whole body			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to body=Destination

Option 2

Backs can never heal once broken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heal	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 heal	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 heal	advmod
4	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 heal	advmod
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 heal	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not heal	can	Backs					once property	tree rules
2	break	participle	Backs not said here						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The back is much heavier than the arm, so it is harder to lift

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 back	det
2	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heavier	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 heavier	cop
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 heavier	advmod
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 arm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 arm	det
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heavier	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 harder	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 harder	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 harder	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 harder	cop
13	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 heavier	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 lift	mark
15	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 harder	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the back	than the arm; heavy property	tree rules
2	is	present	it	hard property	tree rules
3	lift	to-infinitive			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The arm has no bones in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arm	det
2	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 bones	det
5	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bones	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the arm	no bones		it			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient

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