Test 18 · ★ · Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns

my nan says put butter on a burn, her mum always did, it's like a secret trick

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, nan · What happens: put, do, be · To what, where: nan, burn

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 84 «Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	nsubj:pass
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux:pass
4	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 burn	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 burn	det
8	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mum	punct
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 burn	appos
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 did	advmod
13	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 mum	acl:relcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 trick	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 trick	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 trick	cop
17	like	like	ADP	_	20 trick	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 trick	det
19	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 trick	amod
20	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put	present · passive		my nan	a burn		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset butter=Goal
2	do	past	her mum not said here			always property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	nan			like a secret trick	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, cool a burn under cool running water for 20 minutes; butter makes it worse

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 cool	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cool	cool	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 burn	det
5	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cool	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	9 water	case
7	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
8	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cool	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 minutes	case
11	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 minutes	nummod
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cool	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 makes	punct
14	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 makes	nsubj
15	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cool	parataxis
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 makes	obj
17	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	imperative	you not said here	a burn	cool running water	minute		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent burn=Patient
2	run	gerund						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	present	butter	burn			bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product

Option 2

Yes, but only salted butter works on burns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 works	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 works	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 works	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 salted	advmod
5	salted	salt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 butter	amod
6	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 works	nsubj
7	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 burns	case
9	burns	burn	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	salt	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	work	present	salted butter					on burns	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on burn=Theme

Option 3

Toothpaste is the real trick, not butter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trick	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trick	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trick	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trick	amod
5	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 butter	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 butter	advmod
8	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trick	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Toothpaste	the real trick and butter					tree rules

Option 4

Yes, old tricks from grandparents are always the safest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 safest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tricks	amod
4	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 safest	nsubj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 grandparents	case
6	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tricks	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safest	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 safest	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 safest	det
10	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	old tricks from grandparents					always, safe property	tree rules

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