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Test 4 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

In a film, a man's cast is sawn off and the saw spins like a circular saw. What's wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: saw · What happens: sawn off, spin, be · To what, where: cast, film

This is test 4 · ★ 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: In a film, a man's cast is sawn off and the saw spins like a circular saw.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 film	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sawn	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 film	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cast	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 man	case
8	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sawn	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sawn	aux:pass
10	sawn	sawn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 sawn	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 spins	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 saw	det
14	saw	saw	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 spins	nsubj
15	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sawn	conj
16	like	like	ADP	_	19 saw	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 saw	det
18	circular	circular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 saw	amod
19	saw	saw	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 spins	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 sawn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sawn off	present · passive		a man's cast		a film			tree rules
2	spin	present	the saw					like a circular saw	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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.

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 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, cast saws really do spin very fast like that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 saws	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cast	punct
3	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj
4	saws	saw	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spin	nsubj
5	really	really	ADV	_	7 spin	advmod
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 spin	aux
7	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 fast	advmod
9	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 spin	advmod
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 that	case
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 spin	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	present · do-support	Nothing saws					like that; fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Casts are taken off with scissors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Casts	cast	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taken	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 taken	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 scissors	case
6	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	present · passive		Casts				with scissors	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cast saws wobble back and forth, not spin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saws	compound
2	saws	saw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wobble	nsubj
3	wobble	wobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 wobble	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 forth	cc
6	forth	forth	ADV	_	4 back	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 spin	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 spin	advmod
9	spin	spin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wobble	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wobble	present	Cast saws						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Cast saws are made of paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saws	compound
2	saws	saw	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 paper	case
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Cast saws				of paper	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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