Test 6 · Senses: nose, tongue and skin
Ali's friend presses two pencils on his back, close together, and he feels one. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: press, close, feel · To what, where: two pencils, back, one
This is test 6 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» 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: Ali's friend presses two pencils on his back, close together, and he feels one.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali | Ali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ali | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 presses | nsubj |
| 4 | presses | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 pencils | nummod |
| 6 | pencils | pencil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 presses | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 back | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 back | nmod:poss |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 presses | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 close | punct |
| 11 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 presses | conj |
| 12 | together | together | ADV | _ | 11 close | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 feels | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 feels | cc |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 feels | nsubj |
| 16 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 presses | conj |
| 17 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 feels | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 presses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | present | Ali's friend | two pencils | friend's back | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme | |||
| 2 | close | infinitive | Ali's friend not said here | together property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | feel | present | friend | one | vn hunt-35.1 «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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
His back has gone to sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 back | nmod:poss |
| 2 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gone | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 gone | aux |
| 4 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 sleep | mark |
| 6 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 gone | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · perfect | His back | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sleep | to-infinitive | His back not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The back has fewer touch sensors, spread far apart
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 | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 sensors | amod |
| 5 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sensors | compound |
| 6 | sensors | sensor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 has | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 spread | punct |
| 8 | spread | spread | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 sensors | acl |
| 9 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 apart | advmod |
| 10 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 8 spread | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the back | fewer touch sensors | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient | ||||
| 2 | spread | participle | fewer touch sensors not said here | apart property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
His friend is pressing much too softly to be felt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pressing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pressing | aux |
| 4 | pressing | press | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 pressing | advmod |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 softly | advmod |
| 7 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 4 pressing | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 felt | mark |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 felt | aux:pass |
| 10 | felt | feel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 pressing | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | present · progressive | His friend | softly property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | feel | to-infinitive · passive | His friend not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute» |
Option 4
Two pencils feel just the same as one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pencils | nummod |
| 2 | pencils | pencil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 feel | nsubj |
| 3 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 same | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 same | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feel | xcomp |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 one | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Two pencils | as one; same property | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent as one=Theme |
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