Test 10 · Snap! Breaking a bone

A greenstick fracture is called that because

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: call · To what, where: greenstick fracture · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 1 «Snap! Breaking a bone» of the medicine 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fracture	det
2	greenstick	greenstick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fracture	amod
3	fracture	fracture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 called	aux:pass
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 called	obj
7	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	5 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		a greenstick fracture					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme that=Result

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

The cast put on it afterwards is always coloured bright green

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cast	det
2	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coloured	nsubj
3	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cast	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 put	obl
6	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	3 put	advmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 coloured	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 coloured	advmod
9	coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 green	amod
11	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coloured	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put	participle		the cast not said here	cast	afterwards property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on it=Destination
2	is	present	the cast			always, coloured property	tree rules
3	be		the cast not said here				tree rules

Option 2

It happens when you fall on grass

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 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 fall	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 fall	nsubj
5	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 happens	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 grass	case
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	It						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	present	you			grass			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on grass=Location

Option 3

It is a break in a green bone

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	4 break	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 break	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 break	det
4	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 bone	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bone	det
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bone	amod
8	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 break	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a break		a green bone			tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The bone bends and cracks like a young green twig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bone	det
2	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bends	nsubj
3	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cracks	cc
5	cracks	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bends	conj
6	like	like	ADP	_	10 twig	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 twig	det
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 twig	amod
9	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 twig	amod
10	twig	twig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cracks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	present	the bone						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	crack	present	the bone not said here					like a young green twig	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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