Test 17 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths

apparently my cousin's friend got stung by a jellyfish and they weed on it and it got better straight away. true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jellyfish, they, friend · What happens: sting, wee, get · To what, where: friend

This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	7 stung	advmod
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 friend	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 cousin	case
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stung	nsubj:pass
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stung	aux:pass
7	stung	sting	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 jellyfish	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 jellyfish	det
10	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stung	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 weed	cc
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 weed	nsubj
13	weed	wee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stung	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 weed	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 got	cc
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 got	nsubj
18	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 weed	conj
19	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 got	xcomp
20	straight	straight	ADV	_	21 away	advmod
21	away	away	ADV	_	18 got	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stung	punct
23	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 lesson	amod
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stung	obj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 stung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sting	past · passive	a jellyfish	my cousin's friend	apparently property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer lesson=Result
2	wee	past	they		on friend	tree rules
3	get	past	friend		away, good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Rub sand on it hard instead, that's how you get all the stingers out

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rub	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Rub	obl
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Rub	advmod
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Rub	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 how	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 how	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 how	cop
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 get	advmod
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Rub	advcl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 stingers	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stingers	det
15	stingers	stinger	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 get	obj
16	out	out	ADV	_	12 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rub	imperative	you not said here	sand	sand	hard, instead property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sand=Theme on it=Destination
2	is	present	that			how property	tree rules
3	get	present	you	all stingers		out property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stinger=Stimulus

Option 2

Wee always cures a sting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cures	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 cures	advmod
3	cures	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sting	det
5	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cures	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	present	Wee	a sting				always property	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer sting=Source

Option 3

Wee works, but only if it's fresh and you do it in the first minute

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 works	amod
2	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fresh	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 fresh	cc
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 fresh	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 fresh	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fresh	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fresh	cop
9	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 works	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 do	cc
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fresh	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 do	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 minute	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 minute	det
16	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 minute	amod
17	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	Wee works not said here				fresh property	tree rules
2	do	present	you	it			minute		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Wee doesn't help and can make it worse; follow local first aid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 help	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 help	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 help	advmod
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 make	cc
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 make	xcomp
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 follow	punct
11	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	conj
12	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 aid	amod
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 aid	amod
14	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not help	present · do-support	Wee			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	make	can	Wee not said here	Wee	bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3	follow	infinitive	Wee not said here	local first aid		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aid=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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