Test 4 · ★ · Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns
A friend has a frozen bag of peas for her bruised arm. How should she use it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: have, freeze, bruise, use · To what, where: frozen bag, bag
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A friend has a frozen bag of peas for her bruised arm.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bag | det |
| 5 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 bag | amod |
| 6 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 peas | case |
| 8 | peas | pea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bag | nmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 arm | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 arm | nmod:poss |
| 11 | bruised | bruise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 arm | amod |
| 12 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 peas | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a friend | a frozen bag of peas for friend's bruised arm | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient | ||||
| 2 | freeze | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | bruise | participle | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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: How should she use it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 use | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 use | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 use | nsubj |
| 4 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 use | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 use | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | should | friend | bag | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Hold the bare bag on for an hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bag | det |
| 3 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bag | amod |
| 4 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 hour | case |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 hour | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hour | det |
| 8 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | the bare bag | hour | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Wrap it in a tea towel and hold it on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrap | wrap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wrap | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 towel | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 towel | det |
| 5 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 towel | compound |
| 6 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wrap | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hold | cc |
| 8 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wrap | parataxis |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hold | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 hold | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wrap | imperative | you not said here | it | a tea towel | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in towel=Destination | |||
| 2 | hold on | present | towel | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Open it and rub the peas on the arm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Open | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 rub | cc |
| 4 | rub | rub | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Open | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 peas | det |
| 6 | peas | pea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rub | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 arm | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 arm | det |
| 9 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rub | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | imperative | you not said here | it | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rub | infinitive | you not said here | the peas | the arm | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pea=Theme on arm=Destination |
Option 4
Put it on, then on a hot pack straight after
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Put | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 pack | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 pack | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 pack | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 pack | det |
| 8 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pack | amod |
| 9 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 10 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 11 after | advmod |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 pack | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put on | imperative | you not said here | it | a hot pack | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on pack=Destination |
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