Test 8 · ★ · Eczema and other skin troubles
I lick my lips all winter cos they're so dry. Clever?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, lips · What happens: lick, be · To what, where: lips
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 15 «Eczema and other skin troubles» 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: I lick my lips all winter cos they're so dry.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 lick | nsubj |
| 2 | lick | lick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 lips | nmod:poss |
| 4 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lick | obj |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 winter | det |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lick | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 11 dry | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 dry | nsubj |
| 9 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 dry | cop |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 dry | advmod |
| 11 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lick | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 lick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lick | present | I | my lips | winter | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lip=Source | |||
| 2 | is | present | lips = lip | dry property | tree rules |
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: Clever?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clever | Clever | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Clever | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, spit is a moisturiser
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 moisturiser | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | spit | spit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 moisturiser | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 moisturiser | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 moisturiser | det |
| 6 | moisturiser | moisturiser | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | spit | a moisturiser | tree rules |
Option 2
No, rub some salt on them instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 rub | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | rub | rub | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 salt | det |
| 5 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rub | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rub | obl |
| 8 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 3 rub | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub | imperative | you not said here | some salt | on them = they; instead property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent salt=Theme on they=Destination |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, licking makes them more chapped; use lip balm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 licking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | licking | lick | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 makes | csubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 chapped | advmod |
| 7 | chapped | chap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 makes | xcomp |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 use | punct |
| 9 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 makes | parataxis |
| 10 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 balm | compound |
| 11 | balm | balm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lick | gerund | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | licking | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | chap | participle | them = they not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | use | infinitive | lip balm | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balm=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, and bite them too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 bite | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bite | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 bite | cc |
| 4 | bite | bite | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bite | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 bite | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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