Test 9 · Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby to grown-up
«my cousin's voice went squeaky mid-sentence lol is he ill» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: voice, squeaky mid-sentence lol · What happens: go, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 71 «Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby to grown-up» 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 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 voice | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 cousin | case |
| 5 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | nsubj |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | squeaky | squeaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lol | amod |
| 8 | mid-sentence | mid-sentence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lol | compound |
| 9 | lol | lol | NOUN | _ | 12 ill | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 ill | cop |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 ill | nsubj |
| 12 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 went | ccomp |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 14 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 right | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 right | cop |
| 16 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 went | parataxis |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | past | my cousin's voice | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | squeaky mid-sentence lol | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
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, his lungs are shrinking as he grows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 shrinking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 lungs | nmod:poss |
| 4 | lungs | lung | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 shrinking | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shrinking | aux |
| 6 | shrinking | shrink | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 grows | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 grows | nsubj |
| 9 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shrinking | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink | present · progressive | his lungs | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | grow | present | he | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
No, he is copying a cartoon on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 copying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 copying | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 copying | aux |
| 5 | copying | copy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cartoon | det |
| 7 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 copying | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 purpose | case |
| 9 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 copying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | present · progressive | he | a cartoon | purpose | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cartoon=Theme on purpose=Destination |
Option 3
Yes, a squeaky voice means a bad sore throat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 voice | det |
| 4 | squeaky | squeaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 voice | amod |
| 5 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 throat | det |
| 8 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 throat | amod |
| 9 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 throat | amod |
| 10 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | a squeaky voice | a bad sore throat | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throat=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, his voice box is growing and the voice jumps about for a while
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 growing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 growing | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 box | nmod:poss |
| 4 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 box | compound |
| 5 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 growing | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 growing | aux |
| 7 | growing | grow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 jumps | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 voice | det |
| 10 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 jumps | nsubj |
| 11 | jumps | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 growing | conj |
| 12 | about | about | ADV | _ | 11 jumps | advmod |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 while | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 while | det |
| 15 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 jumps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present · progressive | his voice box | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | jump about | present | the voice | while | about property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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