Test 6 · ★★ · What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth
Kieran's chin's split and bleeding after a scuffle on the kerb. What's right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: chin · What happens: bleed, split, be
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 374 «What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth» 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: Kieran's chin's split and bleeding after a scuffle on the kerb.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 chin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kieran | case |
| 3 | chin | chin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 split | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 chin | case |
| 5 | split | split | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bleeding | cc |
| 7 | bleeding | bleed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 split | conj |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 scuffle | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 scuffle | det |
| 10 | scuffle | scuffle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bleeding | obl |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 kerb | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 kerb | det |
| 13 | kerb | kerb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 scuffle | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 split | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bleed | gerund | after a scuffle on the kerb | vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | |||||
| 2 | split | Kieran's chin | nom split «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Carry on with the scuffle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Carry | compound:prt |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 scuffle | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 scuffle | det |
| 5 | scuffle | scuffle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry on | imperative | you not said here | with the scuffle | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Take a photo for the group chat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 photo | det |
| 3 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 chat | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chat | det |
| 6 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chat | compound |
| 7 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | a photo | for the group chat | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent photo=Theme for chat=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Get an adult, he may need stitches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 need | advcl |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 adult | det |
| 3 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Get | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 need | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 need | aux |
| 7 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | stitches | stitch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | infinitive | adult not said here | a adult | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | need | may | adult | stitches | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stitch=Theme |
Option 4
Tell him to rub some dirt on it and carry on playing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 rub | mark |
| 4 | rub | rub | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 dirt | det |
| 6 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rub | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rub | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 carry | cc |
| 10 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 carry | compound:prt |
| 12 | playing | playing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | rub not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | some dirt | dirt | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme on it=Destination | |||
| 3 | carry on | infinitive | you not said here | playing | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent playing=Theme |
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