Test 10 · Doctors, cuts and grazes

scab's itchy can i pick it

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: scab · What happens: pick · To what, where: it

This is test 10 of lesson 83 «Doctors, cuts and grazes» 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	scab	scab	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pick	nsubj
2	's	's	PART	_	1 scab	case
3	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 scab	amod
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 pick	aux
5	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 pick	nsubj
6	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	can	scab	it					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, scabs are not needed by your skin at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 needed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	scabs	scab	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 needed	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 needed	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 needed	advmod
6	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 skin	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 skin	nmod:poss
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needed	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · passive	your skin	scabs		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme

Option 2

Yes, picking makes it heal faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 picking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obj
6	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 makes	xcomp
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 heal	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pick	gerund			vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present	it		tree rules
3	heal	infinitive		fast property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Yes, if it is very itchy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 itchy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 itchy	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 itchy	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 itchy	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 itchy	advmod
7	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					itchy property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it protects new skin and picking can scar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 protects	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 protects	nsubj
4	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 skin	amod
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 protects	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 scar	cc
8	picking	picking	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 scar	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 scar	aux
10	scar	scar	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 protects	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	it	new skin					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Beneficiary
2	scar	can	picking						vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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