Test 4 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets
After the dentist, a girl in Ottawa cannot feel her lip. What should she do while eating?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: not feel, do, eat · To what, where: lip
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» 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
Sentence 1: After the dentist, a girl in Ottawa cannot feel her lip.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 dentist | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dentist | det |
| 3 | dentist | dentist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feel | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 dentist | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feel | nsubj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Ottawa | case |
| 8 | Ottawa | Ottawa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 girl | nmod |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 feel | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 feel | advmod |
| 11 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 lip | nmod:poss |
| 13 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feel | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | can | a girl in Ottawa | girl's lip | after the dentist | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=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: What should she do while eating?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 eating | mark |
| 6 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 do | advcl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | eat | gerund | girl not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Bite her lip now and then to test if it still feels nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bite | bite | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 lip | nmod:poss |
| 3 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bite | obj |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Bite | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 test | cc |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 test | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 test | mark |
| 8 | test | test | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Bite | conj |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 feels | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 feels | nsubj |
| 11 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 feels | advmod |
| 12 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 test | ccomp |
| 13 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 12 feels | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | imperative | you not said here | her lip | now | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=Patient | |||
| 2 | test | to-infinitive | you not said here | then | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | feel a condition, not said to happen | present | lip | nothing | still | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Eat carefully so she does not bite her numb lip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 1 Eat | advmod |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 bite | advmod |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bite | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bite | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 bite | advmod |
| 7 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Eat | advcl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 lip | nmod:poss |
| 9 | numb | numb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lip | amod |
| 10 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bite | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | imperative | you not said here | carefully property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not bite | present · do-support | she | her numb lip | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=Patient |
Option 3
Chew really hard to wake the lip up again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chew | chew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hard | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 hard | advmod |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 wake | mark |
| 5 | wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 hard | csubj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lip | det |
| 7 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wake | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 wake | compound:prt |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 wake | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up | to-infinitive | the lip | again | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lip=Patient |
Option 4
Eat only crunchy food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 crunchy | advmod |
| 3 | crunchy | crunchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 food | amod |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | imperative | you not said here | crunchy food | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
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