Test 13 · ★ · Hair, nails and ears

toe's red n swollen right next to the nail, ouch

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: swell · To what, where: red n

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 n	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 toe	case
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 n	amod
4	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	swollen	swell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 n	acl
6	right	right	ADV	_	7 next	advmod
7	next	next	ADV	_	5 swollen	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 nail	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nail	det
10	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swollen	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ouch	punct
12	ouch	ouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 n	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swell	participle		toe's red n and ouch not said here				to the nail; next property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Cut the nail very short and curved at the corners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nail	det
3	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cut	obj
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 short	advmod
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cut	advcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 curved	cc
7	curved	curve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 short	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 corners	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 corners	det
10	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 curved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here	the nail					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nail=Product
2	curve	participle	you not said here			the corners			vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material

Option 2

Leave it, it is just a bruise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bruise	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bruise	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bruise	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 bruise	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bruise	det
8	bruise	bruise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is a	present	it	a bruise					tree rules

Option 3

Squeeze it hard until it pops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squeeze	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Squeeze	obj
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Squeeze	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 pops	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pops	nsubj
6	pops	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Squeeze	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	imperative	you not said here	it				hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	pop	present	it						vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It may be an ingrown toenail, tell a parent

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	6 toenail	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 toenail	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 toenail	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 toenail	det
5	ingrown	ingrown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 toenail	amod
6	toenail	toenail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 toenail	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 parent	det
10	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	may	It	a ingrown toenail					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a parent				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

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