Test 9 · Snap! Breaking a bone
Your friend is lying at the foot of a tall wall and says his neck hurts. Best plan?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, neck · What happens: lie, say, hurt · To what, where: foot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Your friend is lying at the foot of a tall wall and says his neck hurts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lying | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lying | aux |
| 4 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 foot | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 foot | det |
| 7 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lying | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 wall | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 wall | det |
| 10 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 wall | amod |
| 11 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 foot | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 says | cc |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lying | conj |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 neck | nmod:poss |
| 15 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hurts | nsubj |
| 16 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 says | ccomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present · progressive | Your friend | the foot of a tall wall | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | hurt | present | friend's neck | 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.
Sentence 2: Best plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 plan | amod |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 plan | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Give him a drink of water and sit him up against the wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 drink | det |
| 4 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drink | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sit | cc |
| 8 | sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sit | obj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 sit | compound:prt |
| 11 | against | against | ADP | _ | 13 wall | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 wall | det |
| 13 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a drink of water | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient drink=Theme | |||
| 2 | sit up | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | the wall | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme against wall=Location |
Option 2
Carry him to the classroom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Carry | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 classroom | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 classroom | det |
| 5 | classroom | classroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | imperative | you not said here | him = he | the classroom | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to classroom=Destination |
Option 3
Help him stand up straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Help | obj |
| 3 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Help | xcomp |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 stand | compound:prt |
| 5 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 6 away | advmod |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 stand | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stand up | infinitive | him = he not said here | away property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keep him still and get an adult to call 999
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 get | cc |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 adult | det |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 call | mark |
| 9 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 get | xcomp |
| 10 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | him = he | still | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | call | to-infinitive | a adult not said here | 999 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient |
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