Test 3 · Sprains, strains and bruises
My mate says pressing your bruise makes it go away faster. Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, pressing, bruise, your · What happens: say, press, make, go away, bruise · To what, where: bruise · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 3 «Sprains, strains and bruises» 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: My mate says pressing your bruise makes it go away faster.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | pressing | press | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 makes | csubj |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bruise | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bruise | bruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pressing | obj |
| 7 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 makes | obj |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 makes | xcomp |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 go | advmod |
| 11 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 go | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | press | gerund | your bruise | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bruise=Theme | |||||
| 3 | make | present | pressing | bruise | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go away | infinitive | bruise not said here | away, fast property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | bruise | your | nom bruise «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, you have to rub it with salt to make it go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 rub | mark |
| 6 | rub | rub | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 have | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rub | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 salt | case |
| 9 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rub | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 make | mark |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 rub | advcl |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 make | obj |
| 13 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | rub | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | with salt | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with salt=Theme | |||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | salt | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go | infinitive | salt not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, pressing pushes the old blood away quicker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 pressing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | pressing | press | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 pushes | nsubj |
| 4 | pushes | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 blood | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 blood | amod |
| 7 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pushes | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 pushes | advmod |
| 9 | quicker | quick | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 pushes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | gerund | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | push | present | the old blood | away, quick property | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, pressing on a bruise does not speed healing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 speed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 pressing | punct |
| 3 | pressing | press | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 speed | csubj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 bruise | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bruise | det |
| 6 | bruise | bruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pressing | obl |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 speed | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 speed | advmod |
| 9 | speed | speed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | healing | healing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 speed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | gerund | on a bruise | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on bruise=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not speed | present · do-support | pressing | healing | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent healing=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, three hard presses a day does it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 presses | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 presses | nummod |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 presses | amod |
| 5 | presses | press | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 does | nsubj |
| 8 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 presses | acl:relcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 does | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | a day | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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