Test 9 · Eyes, backs and thumbs
Ollie: «floor's comfier than a chair». What happened the next day?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen
This is test 9 of lesson 420 «Eyes, backs and thumbs» 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: Ollie: «floor's comfier than a chair».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 comfier | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 comfier | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 comfier | punct |
| 4 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 comfier | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 floor | case |
| 6 | comfier | comfy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 chair | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 chair | det |
| 9 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 comfier | obl |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 comfier | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 comfier | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What happened the next day?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 4 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 day | amod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | day | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
His thumbs stopped hurting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 thumbs | nmod:poss |
| 2 | thumbs | thumb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stopped | nsubj |
| 3 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | hurting | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stopped | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | His thumbs | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | hurt | gerund | His thumbs not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
His eyes felt sharper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 2 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 felt | nsubj |
| 3 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sharper | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 felt | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | His eyes | sharp property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
His back felt stronger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 back | nmod:poss |
| 2 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 felt | nsubj |
| 3 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 felt | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | His back | strong property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
His back ached
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 back | nmod:poss |
| 2 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ached | nsubj |
| 3 | ached | ache | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ache | past | His back | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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