Test 8 · Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter
"Shut it, weights will make you a shortie for life" — the uncle again. What would happen with coached bodyweight exercises?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, weights · What happens: shut, make, happen, coach · To what, where: it, you
This is test 8 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: "Shut it, weights will make you a shortie for life" — the uncle again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Shut | punct |
| 2 | Shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 Shut | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 make | punct |
| 5 | weights | weight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 make | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 make | aux |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Shut | conj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 shortie | det |
| 10 | shortie | shortie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | xcomp |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 life | case |
| 12 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shortie | nmod |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Shut | punct |
| 14 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Shut | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 uncle | det |
| 16 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Shut | obj |
| 17 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 Shut | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Shut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut in a quote | imperative | you not said here | it | again | tree rules | |||
| 2 | make in a quote | future | weights | you | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
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 would happen with coached bodyweight exercises?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 exercises | case |
| 5 | coached | coach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 exercises | amod |
| 6 | bodyweight | bodyweight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 exercises | compound |
| 7 | exercises | exercise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 happen | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | with coached bodyweight exercises | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | coach | participle | vn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
His bones would shrink a little every year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 bones | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 shrink | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 shrink | aux |
| 4 | shrink | shrink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 little | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 shrink | obj |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 year | det |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shrink | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink | would | His bones | a little | year | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent little=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He'd likely get stronger and keep growing normally
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 | 4 get | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 keep | cc |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | conj |
| 8 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 keep | xcomp |
| 9 | normally | normally | ADV | _ | 8 growing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | He | likely, strong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | He not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | grow | gerund | He not said here | normally property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
He'd grow wider instead of taller
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 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 grow | aux |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | wider | wide | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 grow | advmod |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 7 taller | mark |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 instead | fixed |
| 7 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 grow | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | would | He | tall, wide property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
He'd stop growing at once and stay short
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 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | xcomp |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 growing | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stay | cc |
| 8 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 stop | conj |
| 9 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | would | He | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | grow | gerund | He not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location | |||||
| 3 | stay | infinitive | He not said here | short property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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