Mova0.5 pre-release⌕

☰

home / corpora / questions / Everyday / Eyes, nose and using the toilet / t7

Test 7 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

A boy keeps picking his nose in class. What is the better habit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, better habit · What happens: keep, pick, be · To what, where: nose, class

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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 boy keeps picking his nose in class.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keeps	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 nose	nmod:poss
6	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picking	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 class	case
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picking	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	a boy						tree rules
2	pick	gerund	a boy not said here	boy's nose		class			vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=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 is the better habit?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 habit	det
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 habit	amod
5	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the better habit						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Pick it only when the teacher looks away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	only	only	ADV	_	1 Pick	advmod
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 looks	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looks	nsubj
7	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	advcl
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 looks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	imperative	you not said here	it					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	look away	present	the teacher					away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Use a tissue and then wash his hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tissue	det
3	tissue	tissue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wash	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 wash	advmod
6	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hands	nmod:poss
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a tissue					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tissue=Patient
2	wash	infinitive	you not said here	his hands			then		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 3

Wipe his finger on the desk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wipe	wipe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 finger	nmod:poss
3	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wipe	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 desk	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 desk	det
6	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wipe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe	imperative	you not said here	his finger		the desk			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent finger=Theme on desk=Trajectory

Option 4

Pick it with a pencil instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 pencil	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pencil	det
5	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obl
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Pick	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	imperative	you not said here	it				with a pencil; instead property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/t7/