Test 5 · ★ · Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns
Grandpa says to put butter on a burn, as people did long ago. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grandpa, people · What happens: say, put, do, be · To what, where: butter, burn · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Grandpa says to put butter on a burn, as people did long ago.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandpa | grandpa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 put | mark |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | xcomp |
| 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 | _ | 12 did | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 did | mark |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 did | nsubj |
| 12 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | advcl |
| 13 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 ago | advmod |
| 14 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 12 did | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Grandpa | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | put | to-infinitive | Grandpa not said here | butter | a burn | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent butter=Theme on burn=Destination | |||
| 3 | do | past | people | ago property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Butter works if you add salt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 works | nsubj |
| 2 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 add | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 add | nsubj |
| 5 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 works | advcl |
| 6 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 add | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Butter | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | add speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | present | you | salt | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient |
Option 2
Butter is fine for small burns only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 burns | case |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 burns | amod |
| 6 | burns | burn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | obl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 burns | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Butter | for small burns; fine property | tree rules |
Option 3
Butter is still the best first aid for any burn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 aid | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 aid | cop |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 aid | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 aid | det |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 aid | amod |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 aid | amod |
| 7 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 burn | case |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 burn | det |
| 10 | burn | burn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 aid | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Butter | the best first aid | still | for any burn | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Butter can make burns worse; use cool water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | burns | burn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 use | punct |
| 7 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 make | conj |
| 8 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 water | amod |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | can | Butter | burns | bad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material burn=Product | |||
| 2 | use | infinitive | Butter not said here | cool water | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
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