Test 4 · Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter

Lad in the yard: "Girls can't do proper push-ups anyway." Don't be mardy (sulky) about it, Hannah! What's the fact?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Girls, you, fact · What happens: not do, do, not be, be · To what, where: proper push ups, Hannah

This is test 4 of lesson 38 «Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter» 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: Lad in the yard: "Girls can't do proper push-ups anyway."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 yard	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 yard	det
4	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lad	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
7	Girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 do	nsubj
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 do	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 do	advmod
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Lad	parataxis
11	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ups	amod
12	push	push	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ups	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 push	punct
14	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 do	obj
15	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	10 do	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do in a quote	can	Girls	proper push ups				anyway property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Eventuality

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: Don't be mardy (sulky) about it, Hannah!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 mardy	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 mardy	cop
4	mardy	mardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	obj
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 sulky	punct
6	sulky	sulky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mardy	parataxis
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 sulky	punct
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mardy	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Hannah	punct
11	Hannah	Hannah	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	Hannah					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	infinitive						about yard; mardy property	tree rules

Sentence 3: What's the fact?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fact	det
4	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the fact						tree rules

The options

Option 1

He's right, girls' arms don't get any stronger with training

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
5	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 arms	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 girls	case
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 get	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 get	advmod
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
11	any	any	ADV	_	12 stronger	advmod
12	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 get	xcomp
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 training	case
14	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	not get	present · do-support	girls's arms					with training; strong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Strength depends on training, and girls build it just like boys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depends	nsubj
2	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 training	case
4	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depends	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 build	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 build	cc
7	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 build	nsubj
8	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 depends	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 build	obj
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 boys	advmod
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 boys	case
12	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 build	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	Strength					on training	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on training=Theme
2	build	present	girls	Strength				like boys	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product

Option 3

Only boys' muscles grow with practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 boys	advmod
2	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 muscles	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 boys	case
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	nsubj
5	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	boys's muscles					with practice	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Push-ups only work for boys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ups	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Push	punct
3	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 work	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 work	advmod
5	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 boys	case
7	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Push ups					for boys	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for boy=Beneficiary

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