Test 8 · ★ · Germs, the immune system and hand-washing
Cartoon shows germs as huge green monsters on a sandwich. What's real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cartoon · What happens: show, be · To what, where: germs
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Cartoon shows germs as huge green monsters on a sandwich.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shows | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 monsters | case |
| 5 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 monsters | amod |
| 6 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 monsters | amod |
| 7 | monsters | monster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shows | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 sandwich | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sandwich | det |
| 10 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 monsters | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Cartoon | germs | as huge green monsters on a sandwich | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent germ=Recipient |
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 real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Germs are far too small to see without a microscope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 small | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 small | cop |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 small | advmod |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 small | advmod |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 small | advcl |
| 8 | without | without | ADP | _ | 10 microscope | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 microscope | det |
| 10 | microscope | microscope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Germs | far, small property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | Germs not said here | without a microscope | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Germs are only ever green
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 green | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 green | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 green | advmod |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 green | advmod |
| 5 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Germs | ever | green property | tree rules |
Option 3
Sandwiches have no germs on them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandwiches | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 germs | det |
| 4 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Sandwiches | no germs | on germs = germ | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Patient |
Option 4
Germs really are that big, they just hide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hide | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 big | advmod |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 big | cop |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 big | mark |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Germs | acl:relcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hide | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hide | nsubj |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 hide | advmod |
| 9 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Germs not said here | big property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | present | Germs | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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