Test 7 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets

Which is true about cutting nails?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be, cut · To what, where: nails

This is test 7 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 cutting	mark
5	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 true	advcl
6	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cutting	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules
2	cut	gerund		nails					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nail=Product

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

Nails never need cutting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cutting	cutting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present	Nails	cutting					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cutting=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Fingernails follow the curve, toenails go straight across

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fingernails	fingernail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 follow	nsubj
2	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 curve	det
4	curve	curve	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 follow	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
6	toenails	toenail	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 follow	conj
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 across	advmod
9	across	across	ADV	_	7 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	Fingernails	the curve					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curve=Theme
2	go	present	toenails					across property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Both are cut as short and as round as you can possibly get them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 cut	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux:pass
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 short	case
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cut	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 round	cc
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 round	advmod
8	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cut	conj
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 get	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 get	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
12	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	13 get	advmod
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 round	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive		Both				as short	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	get	can	you	them = they				possibly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4

Toenails are cut in a deep curve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toenails	toenail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cut	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux:pass
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 curve	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 curve	det
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 curve	amod
7	curve	curve	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive		Toenails		a deep curve			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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