Test 17 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

my nan swears butter on a burn fixes it, she's done it "100 times". right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, burn · What happens: swear, fix, do · To what, where: butter

This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» of the everyday 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swears	nsubj
3	swears	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swears	obj
5	on	on	SCONJ	_	8 fixes	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 burn	det
7	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fixes	nsubj
8	fixes	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swears	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fixes	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 done	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 done	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 done	aux
13	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 swears	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 done	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 done	punct
16	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 times	nummod
17	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 done	obl:unmarked
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 done	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swears	punct
20	right	right	INTJ	_	3 swears	discourse
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 swears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	swear	present	my nan	butter		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent butter=Eventuality
2	fix	present	a burn	butter		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	do	present · passive	burn	butter	time	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, cool the burn under running water instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 cool	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cool	cool	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 burn	det
5	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cool	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cool	obl
9	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 cool	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	imperative	you not said here	the burn		running water		instead property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent burn=Patient
2	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, but only use salted butter on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 use	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 use	advmod
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	salted	salt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 butter	amod
7	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	salted butter		butter			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butter=Patient
2	salt	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, butter then a plaster on top of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 butter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 plaster	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 plaster	det
6	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 butter	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 top	case
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plaster	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 top	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Yes, butter seals the burn and stops the pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 seals	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seals	nsubj
4	seals	seal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 burn	det
6	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seals	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stops	cc
8	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seals	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pain	det
10	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	present	butter	the burn					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burn=Patient
2	stop	present	butter not said here	the pain					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality pain=Eventuality

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