Test 2 · ★ · Germs, the immune system and hand-washing
Dad says "mud's good for you". What's fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, mud · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 30 «Germs, the immune system and hand-washing» 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: Dad says "mud's good for you".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 good | punct |
| 4 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 good | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 good | cop |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 good | obl |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 good | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Dad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | mud | for you; good property | 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: What's fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mud cures colds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cures | nsubj |
| 2 | cures | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cures | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | present | Mud | colds | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Outdoor play and microbes may help the immune system, then wash before eating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outdoor | outdoor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 play | amod |
| 2 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 help | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 microbes | cc |
| 4 | microbes | microbe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 play | conj |
| 5 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 help | aux |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 system | det |
| 8 | immune | immune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 system | compound |
| 9 | system | system | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 help | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wash | punct |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 wash | advmod |
| 12 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 help | conj |
| 13 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 14 eating | mark |
| 14 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 wash | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | may | Outdoor play and microbes | the immune system | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent system=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | wash | infinitive | Outdoor play and microbes not said here | then | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | eat | gerund | Outdoor play and microbes not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Eat a bit of mud daily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bit | det |
| 3 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Eat | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 mud | case |
| 5 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bit | nmod |
| 6 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 1 Eat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | imperative | you not said here | a bit of mud | daily property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
Option 4
Mud is always dangerous and should never be touched by children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dangerous | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 touched | cc |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 touched | aux |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 touched | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 touched | aux:pass |
| 9 | touched | touch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 dangerous | conj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 children | case |
| 11 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 touched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mud | always, dangerous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not touch | should · passive | children | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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