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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fingers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mia | case |
| 3 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 numb | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 numb | cop |
| 5 | numb | numb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 getting | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pain | det |
| 8 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 getting | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 getting | aux |
| 10 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 numb | conj |
| 11 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 getting | xcomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 cast | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 cast | nmod:poss |
| 14 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 cast | amod |
| 15 | cast | cast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 worse | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 numb | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mia's fingers | numb property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | present · progressive | the pain | bad property | vn 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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 brave | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 brave | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 brave | cop |
| 6 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | pain | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | future | pain | brave property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Should she?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 2 she | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 she | punct |
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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 pain | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 pain | amod |
| 4 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 needs | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cast | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cast | det |
| 7 | cast | cast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pain | nmod |
| 8 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 doctor | det |
| 10 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 needs | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 once | case |
| 12 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 needs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | worse pain in a cast | a doctor | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot doctor=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, being brave is always the answer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 brave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 brave | cop |
| 4 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 answer | amod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 answer | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 answer | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 answer | det |
| 8 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | brave property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the brave answer | always property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, numbness means it is healing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | numbness | numbness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 healing | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 healing | aux |
| 7 | healing | heal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | numbness | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | heal | present · progressive | numbness | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
No, she should cut the cast off herself with kitchen scissors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 cut | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cut | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cut | aux |
| 5 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cast | det |
| 7 | cast | cast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cut | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 herself | case |
| 9 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 cut | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 scissors | case |
| 11 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 scissors | compound |
| 12 | scissors | scissors | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cut | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | should | she | the cast | off herself = she; with kitchen scissors | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cast=Patient with scissors=Instrument |
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