Test 9 · ★ · Warming up, stitches and cramp
Dad, half asleep: "What the hell's happening?" Sophie's night cramp. Is it serious?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cramp · What happens: happen, be
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 37 «Warming up, stitches and cramp» 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, half asleep: "What the hell's happening?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asleep | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 asleep | punct |
| 3 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 4 asleep | advmod |
| 4 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 happening | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 happening | punct |
| 7 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 happening | nsubj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hell | det |
| 9 | hell | hell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 happening | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 hell | case |
| 11 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 asleep | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 happening | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 happening | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen in a quote | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Sophie's night cramp.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie | Sophie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cramp | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sophie | case |
| 3 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cramp | compound |
| 4 | cramp | cramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cramp | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Is it serious?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 serious | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 serious | nsubj |
| 3 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 serious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | cramp | serious property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Always a sign of a serious illness in the blood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 sign | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sign | det |
| 3 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 illness | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 illness | det |
| 6 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 illness | amod |
| 7 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sign | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 blood | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 blood | det |
| 10 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 illness | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sign | a serious illness in the blood | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
It means she is short of bananas
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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 short | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 short | cop |
| 5 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 bananas | case |
| 7 | bananas | banana | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 short | 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 | |||||
| 2 | is | present | she | of bananas; short property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Usually harmless; see a GP if it happens very often
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Usually | usually | ADV | _ | 2 harmless | advmod |
| 2 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 harmless | parataxis |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 GP | det |
| 6 | GP | gp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 happens | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 happens | nsubj |
| 9 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | advcl |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 often | advmod |
| 11 | often | often | ADV | _ | 9 happens | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | infinitive | a GP | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gp=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | happen a condition, not said to happen | present | it | often property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It means she must stop all sport for a year
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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 sport | det |
| 7 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 year | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 year | det |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | 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 | stop | must | she | all sport | year | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector sport=Eventuality |
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