Test 7 · ★★ · What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth
«just punch his arm, it's soft, won't hurt you». What does Maddie know now?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, arm, Maddie · What happens: punch, be, not hurt, know · To what, where: arm, you
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: «just punch his arm, it's soft, won't hurt you».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 punch | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 punch | advmod |
| 3 | punch | punch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 arm | nmod:poss |
| 5 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 punch | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 soft | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 soft | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 soft | cop |
| 9 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 punch | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hurt | punct |
| 11 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 hurt | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 hurt | advmod |
| 13 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 soft | parataxis |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 hurt | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 hurt | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 punch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punch in a quote | imperative | you not said here | his arm | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | arm | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not hurt in a quote | future | you | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient |
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 does Maddie know now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 know | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 know | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · do-support | Maddie | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Punching an arm is always safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punching | punch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 safe | csubj |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 arm | det |
| 3 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Punching | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 safe | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 safe | advmod |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punch | gerund | a arm | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Punching | always, safe property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Your fingers can sprain or break doing that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 fingers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sprain | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sprain | aux |
| 4 | sprain | sprain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 break | cc |
| 6 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sprain | conj |
| 7 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 break | xcomp |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 doing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sprain | can | Your fingers | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | break | infinitive | Your fingers not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | do | gerund | Your fingers not said here | that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
Option 3
Arms are too soft to hurt your hand, so it's fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 soft | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 soft | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 soft | advmod |
| 4 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hurt | mark |
| 6 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 soft | advcl |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hand | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hurt | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fine | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 fine | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fine | expl |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 fine | cop |
| 13 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 soft | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Arms | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hurt | to-infinitive | Arms not said here | your hand | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | Arms not said here | fine property | tree rules |
Option 4
It only hurts the other person
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 | 3 hurts | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 hurts | advmod |
| 3 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 person | amod |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hurts | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present | It | the other person | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Patient |
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