Test 6 · ★★ · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters
My splinter's deep under the nail. Can I dig it out with Mum's sewing needle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: dig out · To what, where: nail
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 4 «Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters» 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: My splinter's deep under the nail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 splinter | nmod:poss |
| 2 | splinter | splinter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deep | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 splinter | case |
| 4 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 nail | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 nail | det |
| 7 | nail | nail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deep | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 deep | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Can I dig it out with Mum's sewing needle?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 dig | aux |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 dig | nsubj |
| 3 | dig | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dig | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 dig | compound:prt |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 needle | case |
| 7 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 needle | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Mum | case |
| 9 | sewing | sewing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 needle | compound |
| 10 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dig | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 dig | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig out | can | I | nail | with Mum's sewing needle | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with needle=Instrument |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Better not; a nurse may need to remove it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 not | advmod |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 need | advmod |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 not | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 nurse | det |
| 5 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 need | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 need | aux |
| 7 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 remove | mark |
| 9 | remove | remove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 need | xcomp |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 remove | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | may | a nurse | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | remove not said to happen | to-infinitive | a nurse not said here | nurse | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
No, just leave it in there for a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 leave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 leave | advmod |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 leave | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 there | case |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 leave | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 year | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 year | det |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | year | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in there=Location |
Option 3
Yes, but heat the needle red hot first to kill germs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 hot | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 hot | cc |
| 4 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hot | nsubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 needle | det |
| 6 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hot | nsubj |
| 7 | red | red | ADV | _ | 8 hot | advmod |
| 8 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 hot | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 kill | mark |
| 11 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 hot | advcl |
| 12 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 kill | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | to-infinitive | germs | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, dig as deep as you like till it's out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 dig | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | dig | dig | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 deep | advmod |
| 5 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dig | xcomp |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 like | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 like | nsubj |
| 8 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 dig | advcl |
| 9 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 12 out | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 out | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 out | cop |
| 12 | out | out | ADV | _ | 8 like | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | imperative | you not said here | deep property | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | like | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | is | present | it | out property | tree rules |
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