Test 14 · Doctors, cuts and grazes

graze from monday is red, hot n oozing now

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: graze, hot n · What happens: be, ooze

This is test 14 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	graze	graze	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 red	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 monday	case
3	monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 graze	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 red	cop
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 n	punct
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 n	amod
8	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 red	conj
9	oozing	ooze	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 n	acl
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 oozing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	graze from monday					red property	tree rules
2	ooze	gerund	hot n not said here				now		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Pick the scab off to let air in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scab	det
3	scab	scab	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	6 let	mark
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pick	advcl
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	6 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick off	imperative	you not said here	the scab					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scab=Patient
2	let in	to-infinitive	you not said here	air					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme

Option 2

Cover it with sticky tape and leave it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Cover	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 tape	case
4	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tape	amod
5	tape	tape	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cover	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 leave	cc
7	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cover	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	imperative	you not said here	it				with sticky tape	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with tape=Theme
2	leave	infinitive	you not said here	tape					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Show an adult, it may be infected and need a doctor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Show	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 infected	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 infected	nsubj:pass
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 infected	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 infected	aux:pass
8	infected	infect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Show	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 need	cc
10	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 infected	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 doctor	det
12	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	show	imperative	you not said here		a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	infect	may · passive		adult		vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
3	need	present		a doctor		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot doctor=Theme

Option 4

Ignore it, red means healing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	csubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 red	punct
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ignore	parataxis
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	infinitive		it					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	mean	present		healing					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent healing=Topic

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