Test 2 · Snap! Breaking a bone
In a cartoon a dog breaks its leg and is running again the next morning. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: break, run, be · To what, where: leg, cartoon
This is test 2 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon a dog breaks its leg and is running again the next morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breaks | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breaks | nsubj |
| 6 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 leg | nmod:poss |
| 8 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breaks | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 running | cc |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 running | aux |
| 11 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 breaks | conj |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 11 running | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 morning | det |
| 14 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 morning | amod |
| 15 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 running | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 breaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | a dog | dog's leg | a cartoon | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient | |||
| 2 | run | present · progressive | a dog not said here | again; morning | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Dogs have no real bones inside their legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 bones | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bones | amod |
| 5 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obj |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 8 legs | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 legs | nmod:poss |
| 8 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Dogs | no real bones | Dogs's legs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |
Option 2
Bones heal faster if you run around on them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 heal | nsubj |
| 2 | heal | heal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 heal | advmod |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 run | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 run | nsubj |
| 6 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 heal | advcl |
| 7 | around | around | ADV | _ | 6 run | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heal | present | Bones | fast property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | run around a condition, not said to happen | present | you | on Bones = bone; around property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Trajectory |
Option 3
Nothing, a leg really can heal overnight like that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 heal | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 leg | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 leg | det |
| 4 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 heal | advmod |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 heal | aux |
| 7 | heal | heal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 7 heal | advmod |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 that | case |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 heal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heal | can | Nothing | like that; overnight property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Bones take weeks to heal, not one night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 take | nsubj |
| 2 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 take | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 heal | mark |
| 5 | heal | heal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 take | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 night | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 night | advmod |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 night | nummod |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | Bones | night; week | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | heal | to-infinitive | Bones not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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