Test 6 · Sprains, strains and bruises

Grandma says Ben's night leg aches are his bones growing too fast. What's closer to the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandma, night leg aches, bones, Ben · What happens: say, be, grow, ache · To what, where: bones · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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: Grandma says Ben's night leg aches are his bones growing too fast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 aches	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Ben	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 aches	compound
6	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 aches	compound
7	aches	ache	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bones	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bones	cop
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bones	nmod:poss
10	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	ccomp
11	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 bones	acl
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 fast	advmod
13	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 growing	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grandma			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Ben's night leg aches	Ben's bones		tree rules
3	grow	gerund	Ben's bones not said here		fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	ache		Ben			nom ache «state intransitive»: 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: What's closer to the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 closer	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 closer	cop
3	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 truth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closer	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 closer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						to the truth; close property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, she's right, bones grow mostly at night and that stretching is what hurts

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 right	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 right	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	cop
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grow	punct
7	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grow	nsubj
8	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	parataxis
9	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	8 grow	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grow	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stretching	cc
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 stretching	det
14	stretching	stretching	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 night	conj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 what	cop
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 right	conj
17	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she		right property	tree rules
2	grow	present	bones	night	mostly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	she not said here			tree rules
4	hurt	present				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Ben's legs must be broken if they ache

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 legs	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ben	case
3	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 broken	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 broken	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 broken	aux:pass
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 ache	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ache	nsubj
9	ache	ache	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 broken	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	must · passive		Ben's legs					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	ache a condition, not said to happen	present	legs = leg						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Growing pains are common and harmless, but the cause isn't bones growing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pains	amod
2	pains	pain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 common	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 common	cop
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 harmless	cc
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 common	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bones	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 bones	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cause	det
10	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bones	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bones	cop
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 bones	advmod
13	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 common	obl
14	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 bones	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Growing pains		common property	tree rules
3	be		Growing pains not said here			tree rules
4	not is a	present	the cause	bones		tree rules
5	grow	gerund	bones not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It means he needs a cast on both legs for a while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 needs	nsubj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cast	det
6	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 legs	case
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 legs	det
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cast	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 while	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 while	det
12	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	present	he	a cast		both legs	while		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cast=Theme

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