Test 9 · ★ · Jake, always in bruises
A bruise that started purple is now yellow-green a week later. What is happening?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bruise · What happens: start, be, happen · To what, where: purple
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 372 «Jake, always in bruises» 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: A bruise that started purple is now yellow-green a week later.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bruise | det |
| 2 | bruise | bruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 yellow | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 started | nsubj |
| 4 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bruise | acl:relcl |
| 5 | purple | purple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 started | obj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 yellow | cop |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 yellow | advmod |
| 8 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 green | punct |
| 10 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 yellow | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 week | det |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 later | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 yellow | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 yellow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | a bruise | purple | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purple=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a bruise | now | late, yellow property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | be | a bruise 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.
Sentence 2: What is happening?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happening | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happening | aux |
| 3 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happening | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · progressive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is a new bruise on top
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bruise | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bruise | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bruise | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bruise | amod |
| 5 | bruise | bruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 top | case |
| 7 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bruise | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a new bruise | top | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The body is slowly clearing the bruise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 body | det |
| 2 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 clearing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clearing | aux |
| 4 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 clearing | advmod |
| 5 | clearing | clear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bruise | det |
| 7 | bruise | bruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 clearing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clear | present · progressive | the body | the bruise | slowly property | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bruise=Source |
Option 3
The skin underneath has caught a nasty infection
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 skin | det |
| 2 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | underneath | underneath | ADV | _ | 2 skin | advmod |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 caught | aux |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 infection | det |
| 7 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 infection | amod |
| 8 | infection | infection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · perfect · passive | the skin | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary infection=Theme |
Option 4
The bruise is getting worse and spreading
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bruise | det |
| 2 | bruise | bruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 getting | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 getting | aux |
| 4 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 getting | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 spreading | cc |
| 7 | spreading | spread | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 getting | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · progressive | the bruise | bad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | spread | gerund | the bruise not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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