Test 4 · Doctors, cuts and grazes
Two days after a cut, the skin around it is red and hot. What is the best step?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two days, best step · What happens: be
This is test 4 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
Sentence 1: Two days after a cut, the skin around it is red and hot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 days | nummod |
| 2 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 red | nsubj |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 cut | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cut | det |
| 5 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 days | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 skin | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 skin | det |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cut | appos |
| 9 | around | around | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 skin | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 red | cop |
| 12 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 hot | cc |
| 14 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 red | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 red | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Two days after a cut | red property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Two days after a cut not said here | tree rules |
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 best step?
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 step | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 step | amod |
| 5 | step | step | 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 best step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Pick the scab to let it breathe
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 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 let | mark |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pick | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 let | obj |
| 7 | breathe | breathe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | imperative | you not said here | the scab | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scab=Patient | ||||
| 2 | let | to-infinitive | you not said here | scab | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | breathe | infinitive | scab not said here | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Cut a bigger hole to let germs out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hole | det |
| 3 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 hole | amod |
| 4 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cut | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 let | mark |
| 6 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Cut | advcl |
| 7 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 let | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 let | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | imperative | you not said here | a bigger hole | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product | ||||
| 2 | let out | to-infinitive | you not said here | germs | out property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Tell a parent, as it may be infected
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 parent | det |
| 3 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 infected | punct |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 infected | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 infected | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 infected | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 infected | aux:pass |
| 9 | infected | infect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Tell | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a parent | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | infect | may · passive | parent | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
Option 4
Put a fresh plaster on and say nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 plaster | det |
| 3 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 plaster | amod |
| 4 | plaster | plaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Put | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 say | cc |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | conj |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put on | imperative | you not said here | a fresh plaster | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent plaster=Goal | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
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