Test 8 · Exercise and posture
In a cartoon a kid can't swim and is laughed at. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid · What happens: not swim, laugh, be · To what, where: cartoon
This is test 8 of lesson 34 «Exercise and posture» 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: In a cartoon a kid can't swim and is laughed at.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swim | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swim | nsubj |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 swim | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 swim | advmod |
| 8 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 laughed | cc |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 laughed | aux:pass |
| 11 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 swim | conj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 laughed | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 swim | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not swim | can | a kid | a cartoon | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | laugh | present · passive | a kid not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V» |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Swimming can be learned at any age, nothing to be ashamed of
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 learned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 learned | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 learned | aux:pass |
| 4 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 age | case |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 age | det |
| 7 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 learned | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 nothing | punct |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 age | appos |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 ashamed | mark |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 ashamed | cop |
| 12 | ashamed | ashamed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 nothing | acl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 ashamed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | can · passive | Swimming | at any age | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | ashamed property | tree rules |
Option 2
It's shameful forever
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 | 3 shameful | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shameful | cop |
| 3 | shameful | shameful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 3 shameful | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | forever, shameful property | tree rules |
Option 3
Only fish can swim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 fish | advmod |
| 2 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 swim | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 swim | aux |
| 4 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | can | fish | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Some people can never learn, however hard they try
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 people | det |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 learn | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 learn | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 learn | advmod |
| 5 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 hard | punct |
| 7 | however | however | ADV | _ | 8 hard | advmod |
| 8 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 learn | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 try | nsubj |
| 10 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hard | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not learn | can | some people | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | hard, however property | tree rules |
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