Test 17 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

my uncle says if u touch a fish with dry hands "it dies instantly". what's prob exaggerated

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, u, fish · What happens: say, touch, die, be, exaggerate · To what, where: fish, prob · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» 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 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 touch	mark
5	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 touch	nsubj
6	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fish	det
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 touch	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 hands	case
10	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hands	amod
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 touch	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 dies	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dies	nsubj
14	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
15	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	14 dies	advmod
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 dies	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 prob	advmod
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 prob	cop
20	prob	prob	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
21	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 prob	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my uncle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	touch a condition, not said to happen	present	u	a fish	with dry hands	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fish=Experiencer with hand=Instrument
3	die in a quote	present	fish		instantly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	is a	present		prob		tree rules
5	exaggerate	participle		prob not said here		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

That wet hands are better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 hands	nsubj
2	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hands	amod
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 better	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 better	cop
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand		That						tree rules
2	is	present	wet hands					good property	tree rules

Option 2

That fish have a slime coat that helps keep germs out of their skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coat	det
5	slime	slime	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coat	compound
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 helps	nsubj
8	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coat	acl:relcl
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 helps	xcomp
10	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 keep	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	14 skin	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 skin	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 skin	nmod:poss
14	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have	present	that fish	a slime coat		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient
2	help	present	a slime coat			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	keep	infinitive	a slime coat not said here	germs	fish's skin	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent germ=Theme out skin=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

That fish live in water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	that fish			water			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Dying instantly; dry hands damage the slime coat, which can make it ill

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 hands	amod
2	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	1 Dying	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Dying	punct
4	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hands	amod
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 damage	nsubj
6	damage	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coat	det
8	slime	slime	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coat	compound
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 damage	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 make	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 make	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 make	aux
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 coat	acl:relcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 make	obj
15	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	die	gerund			instantly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	damage	present	Dying dry hands	the slime coat		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient
3	make	can	the slime coat	coat	ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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