Test 1 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

itches like mad mate, gonna stick my ruler down there. good idea?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: itch, stick · To what, where: ruler

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2 «The cast: itching, signing and the saw» 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	itches	itch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stick	advcl
2	like	like	ADP	_	4 mate	case
3	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mate	amod
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 itches	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stick	punct
6	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	7 stick	dep
7	stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ruler	nmod:poss
9	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stick	obj
10	down	down	ADV	_	11 there	advmod
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 stick	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stick	punct
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 idea	amod
14	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stick	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 stick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	itch	present	you not said here					like mad mate	vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	stick	imperative	you not said here	my ruler		there			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ruler=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, as long as it's a wooden ruler and you go really slowly

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 long	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 ruler	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ruler	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ruler	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ruler	det
9	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ruler	amod
10	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 long	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 go	cc
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 go	nsubj
13	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 long	conj
14	really	really	ADV	_	15 slowly	advmod
15	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	13 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a wooden ruler					tree rules
2	go	present	you					slowly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, rulers are smooth so it's safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 smooth	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 smooth	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 smooth	cop
5	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 safe	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 safe	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 smooth	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	rulers					smooth property	tree rules
2	is	present	it					safe property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it can scratch the skin and cause an infection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 scratch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scratch	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 scratch	aux
5	scratch	scratch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skin	det
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scratch	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cause	cc
9	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 scratch	conj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 infection	det
11	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	can	it	the skin					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
2	cause	infinitive		a infection					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition infection=Patient

Option 4

No, use a knitting needle instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 needle	det
5	knitting	knitting	NOUN	_	6 needle	compound
6	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a knitting needle				instead property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Patient

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