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Test 3 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

Mia's fingers are numb and the pain is getting worse in her new cast. She says she'll be brave. Should she?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fingers, pain · What happens: be, get, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Mia's fingers are numb and the pain is getting worse in her new cast.

nmod:posscasensubjcopccdetnsubjauxconjxcompcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootMiaPROPN'sPARTfingersNOUNareAUXnumbADJandCCONJtheDETpainNOUNisAUXgettingVERBworseADJinADPherPRONnewADJcastNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing3 fingersnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Miacase
3fingersfingerNOUNNumber=Plur5 numbnsubj
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 numbcop
5numbnumbADJDegree=Posrootroot
6andandCCONJ_10 gettingcc
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 paindet
8painpainNOUNNumber=Sing10 gettingnsubj
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 gettingaux
10gettinggetVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 numbconj
11worsebadADJDegree=Cmp10 gettingxcomp
12ininADP_15 castcase
13herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 castnmod:poss
14newnewADJDegree=Pos15 castamod
15castcastNOUNNumber=Sing11 worseobl
16..PUNCT_5 numbpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentMia's fingersnumb propertytree rules
2getpresent · progressivethe painbad propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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: She says she'll be brave.

nsubjnsubjauxcopccomppunctrootShePRONsaysVERBshePRON'llAUXbeAUXbraveADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 bravensubj
4'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin6 braveaux
5bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf6 bravecop
6bravebraveADJDegree=Pos2 saysccomp
7..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentpainvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2isfuturepainbrave propertytree rules

Sentence 3: Should she?

auxpunctrootShouldAUXshePRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ShouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin2 sheaux
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prsrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 shepunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, worse pain in a cast needs a doctor at once

discoursepunctamodnsubjcasedetnmoddetobjcaseoblrootNoINTJ,PUNCTworseADJpainNOUNinADPaDETcastNOUNneedsVERBaDETdoctorNOUNatADPonceADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 paindiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3worsebadADJDegree=Cmp4 painamod
4painpainNOUNNumber=Sing8 needsnsubj
5ininADP_7 castcase
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 castdet
7castcastNOUNNumber=Sing4 painnmod
8needsneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 doctordet
10doctordoctorNOUNNumber=Sing8 needsobj
11atatADP_12 oncecase
12onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult8 needsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1needpresentworse pain in a casta doctorvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot doctor=Theme

Option 2

Yes, being brave is always the answer

discoursepunctcopamodcopadvmoddetrootYesINTJ,PUNCTbeingAUXbraveADJisAUXalwaysADVtheDETanswerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 bravediscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 bravecop
4bravebraveADJDegree=Pos8 answeramod
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 answercop
6alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot8 answeradvmod
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 answerdet
8answeranswerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1isgerundbrave propertytree rules
2is apresentthe brave answeralways propertytree rules

Option 3

Yes, numbness means it is healing

discoursepunctnsubjnsubjauxccomprootYesINTJ,PUNCTnumbnessNOUNmeansVERBitPRONisAUXhealingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 meansdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3numbnessnumbnessNOUNNumber=Sing4 meansnsubj
4meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 healingnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 healingaux
7healinghealVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 meansccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentnumbnessvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2healpresent · progressivenumbnessvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

No, she should cut the cast off herself with kitchen scissors

discoursepunctnsubjauxdetobjcaseoblcasecompoundoblrootNoINTJ,PUNCTshePRONshouldAUXcutVERBtheDETcastNOUNoffADPherselfPRONwithADPkitchenNOUNscissorsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 cutdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 cutnsubj
4shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 cutaux
5cutcutVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 castdet
7castcastNOUNNumber=Sing5 cutobj
8offoffADP_9 herselfcase
9herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes5 cutobl
10withwithADP_12 scissorscase
11kitchenkitchenNOUNNumber=Sing12 scissorscompound
12scissorsscissorsNOUNNumber=Plur5 cutobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cutshouldshethe castoff herself = she; with kitchen scissorsvn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cast=Patient with scissors=Instrument

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