Test 9 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw
Grace has a boot for her broken ankle, and Ollie says hers isn't a real break. Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grace, Ollie · What happens: have, break, say, not be, be · To what, where: boot, real break · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Grace has a boot for her broken ankle, and Ollie says hers isn't a real break.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 boot | det |
| 4 | boot | boot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 ankle | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 ankle | nmod:poss |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 ankle | amod |
| 8 | ankle | ankle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boot | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 says | cc |
| 11 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 has | parataxis |
| 13 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 break | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 break | cop |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 break | advmod |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 break | det |
| 17 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 break | amod |
| 18 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | ccomp |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Grace | a boot | for Grace's broken ankle | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Patient | |||
| 2 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Ollie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not is a | present | Ollie | a real break | 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: Who is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ollie; real breaks always need plaster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 need | vocative |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ollie | punct |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 breaks | amod |
| 4 | breaks | break | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 need | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 need | advmod |
| 6 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | plaster | plaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | real breaks | plaster | Ollie vocative; always property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plaster=Theme |
Option 2
Neither; boots are for walking in snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 6 walking | advmod |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 walking | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 walking | aux |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 walking | mark |
| 6 | walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 snow | case |
| 8 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present · progressive | boots | snow | neither property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in snow=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Grace; a boot is just the right tool for that kind of break
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 tool | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 boot | det |
| 4 | boot | boot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tool | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 tool | cop |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 tool | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tool | det |
| 8 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tool | amod |
| 9 | tool | tool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grace | appos |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 kind | case |
| 11 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 kind | det |
| 12 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tool | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 break | case |
| 14 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a boot | the right tool | for that kind of break | tree rules |
Option 4
Ollie; boots are only for sprains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 boots | compound |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ollie | punct |
| 3 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sprains | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sprains | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 sprains | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 sprains | case |
| 7 | sprains | sprain | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ollie boots | for sprains | tree rules |
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