Test 16 · ★ · Sun, cold and growing up

my cousin in Queensland says she never wears sunscreen cos she "doesn't burn", she's got a tan already

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: say, not wear, not burn, get · To what, where: sunscreen, tan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 86 «Sun, cold and growing up» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Queensland	case
4	Queensland	Queensland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cousin	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wears	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 wears	advmod
8	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
9	sunscreen	sunscreen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wears	obj
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	15 burn	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 burn	nsubj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 burn	punct
13	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 burn	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 burn	advmod
15	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wears	advcl
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 burn	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 got	punct
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 got	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 got	aux
20	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 says	conj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 tan	det
22	tan	tan	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 got	obj
23	already	already	ADV	_	20 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin in Queensland		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not wear	present	cousin	sunscreen	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sunscreen=Source
3	not burn in a quote	present · do-support	cousin		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
4	get	present · passive	cousin	a tan	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tan=Stimulus

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

A tan blocks all sun damage, so she is right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tan	det
2	tan	tan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blocks	nsubj
3	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 damage	det
5	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 damage	compound
6	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blocks	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 right	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 right	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blocks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present	a tan	all sun damage					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer damage=Theme
2	is	present	tan					right property	tree rules

Option 2

Only people with pale skin can get skin cancer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 people	advmod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 skin	case
4	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 skin	amod
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 people	nmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cancer	compound
9	cancer	cancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	can	people with pale skin	skin cancer					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cancer=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Sun still damages tanned skin, so slip, slop, slap, seek, slide anyway

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 damages	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 damages	advmod
3	damages	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tanned	tanned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 skin	amod
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 damages	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 slip	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 slip	advmod
8	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 damages	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 slop	punct
10	slop	slop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 slip	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 slap	punct
12	slap	slap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 slop	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 seek	punct
14	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 slop	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 slide	punct
16	slide	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 slip	conj
17	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	16 slide	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	damage	present	Sun	tanned skin	still		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient
2	slip	infinitive	Sun not said here				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	slop	infinitive	Sun not said here				vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
4	slap	infinitive	Sun not said here				vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
5	seek	infinitive	Sun not said here				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	slide	infinitive	Sun not said here			anyway property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Sunscreen is only needed at the beach in summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunscreen	sunscreen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 needed	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 needed	advmod
4	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 beach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beach	det
7	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 summer	case
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beach	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · passive		Sunscreen		the beach in summer			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

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