Test 6 · ★★ · Street gangs and loyalty
Maddie's lip won't stop bleeding after a fall on the kerb. What's sensible?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lip · What happens: not stop, bleed, be
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 383 «Street gangs and loyalty» 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: Maddie's lip won't stop bleeding after a fall on the kerb.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lip | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Maddie | case |
| 3 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stop | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 stop | advmod |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | bleeding | bleed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stop | xcomp |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 fall | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 fall | det |
| 10 | fall | fall | 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 fall | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stop | future | Maddie's lip | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | bleed | gerund | Maddie's lip not said here | after a fall on the kerb | vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
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 sensible?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 sensible | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sensible | cop |
| 3 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sensible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sensible property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Put soil on the cut to dry it out quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 cut | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cut | det |
| 5 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 dry | mark |
| 7 | dry | dry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Put | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dry | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 dry | compound:prt |
| 10 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 7 dry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | soil | the cut | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent soil=Theme on cut=Destination | |||
| 2 | dry out | to-infinitive | you not said here | soil | quickly property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Press a clean cloth on it and get an adult; it may need a doctor
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Press | press | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cloth | det |
| 3 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cloth | amod |
| 4 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Press | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Press | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 get | cc |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Press | conj |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 adult | det |
| 10 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obj |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 need | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 need | nsubj |
| 13 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 need | aux |
| 14 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Press | parataxis |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 doctor | det |
| 16 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | imperative | you not said here | a clean cloth | cloth | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme | |||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | need | may | adult | a doctor | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot doctor=Theme |
Option 3
Lick it until it stops bleeding, then go back out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lick | lick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Lick | obj |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 stops | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stops | nsubj |
| 5 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lick | advcl |
| 6 | bleeding | bleed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 stops | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 go | advmod |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lick | conj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 out | advmod |
| 11 | out | out | ADV | _ | 9 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lick | imperative | you not said here | it | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | bleed | gerund | vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ||||||
| 4 | go back | infinitive | you not said here | then | out property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Ignore it and go back out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 go | cc |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ignore | conj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | it | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go back | infinitive | you not said here | out property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
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