Test 2 · ★ · Sun, cold and growing up

Why does sunburn matter even after it stops hurting?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sunburn · What happens: matter, stop, hurt

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 matter	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matter	nsubj
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	even	even	ADV	_	8 stops	advmod
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 stops	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stops	nsubj
8	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	advcl
9	hurting	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stops	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 matter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	matter	present · do-support	sunburn	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	stop	present	sunburn	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	hurt	gerund	sunburn not said here	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

It turns into freckles that hurt

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 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 freckles	case
4	freckles	freckle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turns	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 hurt	nsubj
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 freckles	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It			freckles			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into freckle=Trajectory
2	hurt	present	freckles						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It means you can never go out in the sun again for the rest of the summer

The tree, 17 words

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 go	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
7	out	out	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
11	again	again	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 rest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rest	det
14	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 summer	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 summer	det
17	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not go out	can	you			the sun	again	for the rest of the summer; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It damages skin and raises the risk of skin cancer later

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 damages	nsubj
2	damages	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 damages	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 raises	cc
5	raises	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 damages	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 risk	det
7	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raises	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cancer	case
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cancer	compound
10	cancer	cancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 risk	nmod
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 raises	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	damage	present	It	skin		vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument skin=Patient
2	raise	present		the risk of skin cancer	late property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme
3	risk			skin cancer		nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It makes your hair grow faster

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hair	nmod:poss
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	xcomp
6	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 grow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	your hair					tree rules
2	grow	present	your hair not said here					fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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