Test 18 · ★ · Soccer, American football and baseball
apparently a player got a bump on the head, said he was fine, kept playing and ended up in hospital for weeks. what's the true lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: player · What happens: get, say, be, keep, play, end up · To what, where: bump, head, hospital, true lesson · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 248 «Soccer, American football and baseball» 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 | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 player | det |
| 3 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 lesson | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bump | det |
| 6 | bump | bump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 head | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 head | det |
| 9 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bump | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 fine | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 fine | cop |
| 14 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 said | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 kept | punct |
| 16 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 17 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 kept | xcomp |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 ended | cc |
| 19 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 20 | up | up | ADP | _ | 19 ended | compound:prt |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 hospital | case |
| 22 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ended | obl |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 weeks | case |
| 24 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 ended | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 26 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 30 lesson | nsubj |
| 27 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 lesson | cop |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 lesson | det |
| 29 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 lesson | amod |
| 30 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 31 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 30 lesson | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | a player | a bump | the head | apparently property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bump=Theme on head=Source | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | a player not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | player | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | keep | past | a player not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | play | gerund | a player not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | end up | past | a player not said here | week | in hospital result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in hospital=Result | |||
| 7 | is a | present | the true lesson | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Keep playing as long as you weren't knocked out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 playing | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 knocked | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 knocked | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 knocked | aux:pass |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 knocked | advmod |
| 9 | knocked | knock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 playing | advcl |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 knocked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | play | gerund | you not said here | long property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not knock out | past · passive | you | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Stop playing after a head injury; concussion can worsen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Stop | xcomp |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 injury | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 injury | det |
| 5 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 injury | compound |
| 6 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 playing | obl |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 worsen | punct |
| 8 | concussion | concussion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 worsen | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 worsen | aux |
| 10 | worsen | worsen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Stop | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | play | gerund | you not said here | after a head injury | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | worsen | can | concussion | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Head bumps only matter if you bleed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bumps | compound |
| 2 | bumps | bump | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 bleed | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 bleed | nsubj |
| 7 | bleed | bleed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | Head bumps | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | bleed a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
Option 4
Drink some water and carry on, it'll clear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 water | det |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drink | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 carry | cc |
| 5 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Drink | advcl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 carry | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 clear | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 clear | nsubj |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 clear | aux |
| 10 | clear | clear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Drink | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | imperative | you not said here | some water | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ||||
| 2 | carry on | present | you not said here | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | clear | future | water | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |
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