Test 2 · Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends
In a cartoon, head lice leap from one kid's head across the classroom. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: head lice · What happens: leap, be · To what, where: cartoon
This is test 2 of lesson 11 «Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends» 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, head lice leap from one kid's head across the classroom.
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 | 7 leap | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lice | compound |
| 6 | lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 leap | nsubj |
| 7 | leap | leap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 head | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 kid | nummod |
| 10 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 head | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 kid | case |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leap | obl |
| 13 | across | across | ADP | _ | 15 classroom | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 classroom | det |
| 15 | classroom | classroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leap | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 leap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leap | present | head lice | a cartoon | from one kid's head; across the classroom | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory |
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's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 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
Nothing, lice are great jumpers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 lice | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 jumpers | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 jumpers | cop |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 jumpers | amod |
| 6 | jumpers | jumper | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing lice | great jumpers | tree rules |
Option 2
Lice live in desks and come out at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 desks | case |
| 4 | desks | desk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 come | cc |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 live | conj |
| 7 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 night | case |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Lice | desks | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desk=Location | ||||
| 2 | come out | present | Lice not said here | night | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Lice only live on dogs and cats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 dogs | case |
| 5 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cats | cc |
| 7 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 dogs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Lice | on dogs and cats | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on dog=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Lice can't jump or fly, they crawl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 jump | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 jump | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 jump | advmod |
| 4 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 fly | cc |
| 6 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 jump | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 crawl | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 crawl | nsubj |
| 9 | crawl | crawl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 jump | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not jump | can | Lice | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fly | infinitive | Lice not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | crawl | present | Lice = louse | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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