Test 11 · ★★★ · Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»
«a punch on the nose, it's nothing, it'll be fine tomorrow». True?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: punch · What happens: be · To what, where: nothing
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 379 «Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»» 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 punch on the nose, it's nothing, it'll be fine tomorrow».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 punch | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 punch | det |
| 3 | punch | punch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 fine | nsubj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 nose | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 nose | det |
| 6 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 punch | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 nothing | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 nothing | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 nothing | cop |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 punch | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 punch | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 fine | expl |
| 13 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 fine | aux |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 fine | cop |
| 15 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 16 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 fine | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 fine | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | punch | nothing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | future | a punch on the nose | tomorrow | fine property | 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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, noses heal overnight while you sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 heal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | noses | nose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 heal | nsubj |
| 4 | heal | heal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 4 heal | advmod |
| 6 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 sleep | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 sleep | nsubj |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 heal | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heal | present | noses | overnight property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | sleep | present | you | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, because a nose is too soft to really hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 soft | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 soft | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 soft | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 nose | det |
| 5 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 soft | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 soft | cop |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 soft | advmod |
| 8 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 hurt | mark |
| 10 | really | really | ADV | _ | 11 hurt | advmod |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 soft | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a nose | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hurt | to-infinitive | a nose not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, swelling and bruises can last a week or more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 last | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | swelling | swelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 last | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bruises | cc |
| 5 | bruises | bruise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 swelling | conj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 last | aux |
| 7 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 week | det |
| 9 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 last | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 more | cc |
| 11 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 last | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | can | swelling and bruises | week | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
No, a broken nose never heals at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 heals | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 nose | det |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 nose | amod |
| 5 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heals | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 heals | advmod |
| 7 | heals | heal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 heals | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | not heal | present | a broken nose | all | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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