Test 10 · Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones
Thabo in Cape Town: «Ag, nothing you can do for a broken toe». His big toe got stamped on. True?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, break, stamp on · To what, where: big toe
This is test 10 of lesson 48 «Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones» 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: Thabo in Cape Town: «Ag, nothing you can do for a broken toe».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thabo | Thabo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Ag | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Town | case |
| 3 | Cape | Cape | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Town | compound |
| 4 | Town | Town | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Thabo | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ag | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ag | punct |
| 7 | Ag | Ag | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 nothing | punct |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 Ag | appos |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 do | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 do | aux |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 nothing | acl:relcl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 toe | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 toe | det |
| 15 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 toe | amod |
| 16 | toe | toe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 do | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ag | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | can | you | for a broken toe | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | break in a quote | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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: His big toe got stamped on.
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 | 3 toe | nmod:poss |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 toe | amod |
| 3 | toe | toe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stamped | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stamped | aux:pass |
| 5 | stamped | stamp | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 stamped | compound:prt |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stamped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stamp on | past · passive | Ag's big toe | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
Sentence 3: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, nothing at all can ever be done for toes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 nothing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 done | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 all | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 nothing | nmod |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 done | aux |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 done | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 done | aux:pass |
| 9 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 toes | case |
| 11 | toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 done | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can · passive | nothing | ever | for toes | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a broken big toe should be checked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 checked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 toe | det |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 toe | amod |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 toe | amod |
| 6 | toe | toe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 checked | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 checked | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 checked | aux:pass |
| 9 | checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | check | should · passive | a broken big toe | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
No, he must have it removed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 have | obj |
| 7 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 have | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | must | he | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | remove | participle | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, toes have no proper bones in them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 bones | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bones | amod |
| 7 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bones | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | toes | no proper bones | in bones = bone | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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