Test 7 · ★ · Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns
A girl's burn has a big blister. Why should it be left alone?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: burn, girl · What happens: have, burn, leave · To what, where: big blister, burn
This is test 7 · ★ 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 girl's burn has a big blister.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 burn | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 girl | case |
| 4 | burn | burn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 blister | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 blister | amod |
| 8 | blister | blister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a girl's burn | a big blister | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blister=Patient | ||||
| 2 | burn | a girl | nom burn «state intransitive»: poss=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: Why should it be left alone?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 left | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 left | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 left | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 left | aux:pass |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 left | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | should · passive | burn | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Popping it makes the burn hotter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Popping | pop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 makes | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Popping | obj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 burn | det |
| 5 | burn | burn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| 6 | hotter | hot | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pop | gerund | it | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Popping | the burn | hot property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset burn=Product |
Option 2
Blisters always go away by themselves in an hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blisters | blister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 go | advmod |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 themselves | case |
| 6 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 go | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 hour | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hour | det |
| 9 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away | present | Blisters | hour | by Blisters = blister; always, away property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by themselves=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It protects the skin underneath from infection
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 protects | nsubj |
| 2 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 skin | det |
| 4 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 protects | obj |
| 5 | underneath | underneath | ADV | _ | 2 protects | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 infection | case |
| 7 | infection | infection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 protects | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | It | the skin | from infection; underneath property | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Beneficiary from infection=Theme |
Option 4
It will become a scab if left long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 become | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 become | aux |
| 3 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 scab | det |
| 5 | scab | scab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 become | xcomp |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 left | mark |
| 7 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 become | xcomp |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 left | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | future | It | a scab | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave a condition, not said to happen | participle | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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