Test 2 · Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals
Ben eats his lunch in three minutes and still feels hungry, so he takes more. What is happening?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben · What happens: eat, feel, take, happen · To what, where: lunch, more
This is test 2 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» 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: Ben eats his lunch in three minutes and still feels hungry, so he takes more.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 eats | nsubj |
| 2 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 lunch | nmod:poss |
| 4 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 eats | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 minutes | case |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eats | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 feels | cc |
| 9 | still | still | ADV | _ | 10 feels | advmod |
| 10 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 eats | conj |
| 11 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 feels | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 takes | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 takes | advmod |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 takes | nsubj |
| 15 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 eats | conj |
| 16 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 15 takes | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 eats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Ben | Ben's lunch | minute | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient | |||
| 2 | feel | present | Ben not said here | still | hungry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | take | present | Ben | more | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
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 is happening?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happening | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happening | aux |
| 3 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happening | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · progressive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
His lunch had no food in it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 lunch | nmod:poss |
| 2 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 food | det |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | His lunch | no food | food | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His brain has not yet had time to feel full
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brain | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 had | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 had | advmod |
| 5 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 6 had | advmod |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 feel | mark |
| 9 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 time | acl |
| 10 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present · perfect | His brain | yet; time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | feel | to-infinitive | His brain not said here | full property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
He needs to eat even faster to fill himself up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 eat | mark |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 needs | xcomp |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 faster | advmod |
| 6 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 eat | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 fill | mark |
| 8 | fill | fill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 eat | advcl |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 fill | obj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 fill | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | eat not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | fast property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | fill up | to-infinitive | He not said here | himself = he | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
Option 4
His stomach is broken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 stomach | nmod:poss |
| 2 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | aux:pass |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present · passive | His stomach | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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