Test 9 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

Which is the best reason to tell an adult about a splinter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, tell · To what, where: best reason, adult · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 reason	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 tell	mark
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reason	acl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 splinter	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 splinter	det
12	splinter	splinter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best reason					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			a adult			about a splinter	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient about splinter=Topic

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

An adult can take it out cleanly so it does not get infected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 take	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 take	compound:prt
7	cleanly	cleanly	ADV	_	4 take	advmod
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 infected	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 infected	nsubj:pass
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 infected	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 infected	advmod
12	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 infected	aux:pass
13	infected	infect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take out	can	a adult	it				cleanly property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not infect	present · passive · do-support		adult					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 2

A splinter grows deeper every hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 splinter	det
2	splinter	splinter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	nsubj
3	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	deeper	deep	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 grows	advmod
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 hour	det
6	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	a splinter				hour	deep property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Adults collect splinters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collect	nsubj
2	collect	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	splinters	splinter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	present	Adults	splinters					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent splinter=Theme

Option 4

Splinters always need a trip to the hospital and an operation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Splinters	splinter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trip	det
5	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 hospital	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hospital	det
8	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 operation	cc
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 operation	det
11	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hospital	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Splinters	a trip				to the hospital and a operation; always property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot trip=Theme

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