Test 9 · ★ · Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns
A boy's nose bled after a football hit him hard in the face. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nose, football · What happens: bleed, hit, do · To what, where: nose, face
This is test 9 · ★ 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 boy's nose bled after a football hit him hard in the face.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nose | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 boy | case |
| 4 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bled | nsubj |
| 5 | bled | bleed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 hit | mark |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 football | det |
| 8 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hit | nsubj |
| 9 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bled | ccomp |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hit | obj |
| 11 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 hit | advmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 face | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 face | det |
| 14 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hit | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bleed | past | a boy's nose | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hit | past | a football | nose | the face | hard property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in face=Destination |
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 should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | football | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Get medical help, because it came after a big knock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | medical | medical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 help | amod |
| 3 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 came | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | parataxis |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 knock | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 knock | det |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 knock | amod |
| 11 | knock | knock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | medical help | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | come | past | help | after a big knock | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Keep playing and pinch it at half time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 pinch | cc |
| 4 | pinch | pinch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pinch | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 7 | half | half | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pinch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | play | gerund | you not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | pinch | infinitive | you not said here | it | time | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Blow his nose hard to stop it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 nose | nmod:poss |
| 3 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blow | obj |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Blow | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stop | mark |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 hard | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | imperative | you not said here | his nose | hard property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent nose=Patient | |||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | you not said here | nose | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
Option 4
Tip his head back until it stops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tip | tip | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 head | nmod:poss |
| 3 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tip | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Tip | advmod |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 stops | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stops | nsubj |
| 7 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tip | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tip back | imperative | you not said here | his head | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | head | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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