Test 11 · Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones
Theo: «Cast's off, I'm tackling Saturday!» What would happen if he did?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cast · What happens: tackle, happen, do
This is test 11 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: Theo: «Cast's off, I'm tackling Saturday!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Saturday | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 Saturday | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 tackling | punct |
| 4 | Cast | Cast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 tackling | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 off | cop |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 Cast | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 tackling | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 tackling | nsubj |
| 9 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 tackling | aux |
| 10 | tackling | tackle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 Saturday | amod |
| 11 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 Saturday | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 Saturday | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tackle in a quote | present · progressive | Cast | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 if he did?
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 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 did | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 did | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | do a condition, not said to happen | past | Cast | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
His cast would grow back
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 cast | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cast | cast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grow | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 grow | aux |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 grow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow back | would | His cast | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Nothing, a healed bone can't break again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 break | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bone | det |
| 4 | healed | heal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 bone | amod |
| 5 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 break | nsubj |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 break | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 break | advmod |
| 8 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 break | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heal | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | not break | can | Nothing | again | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The weak bone and muscles could be hurt again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bone | det |
| 2 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bone | amod |
| 3 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 muscles | cc |
| 5 | muscles | muscle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bone | conj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 hurt | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 hurt | aux:pass |
| 8 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 hurt | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | could · passive | the weak bone and muscles | again | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
The bone would get stronger faster from the tackles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bone | det |
| 2 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 tackles | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tackles | det |
| 9 | tackles | tackle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | the bone | the tackles | fast, strong property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from tackle=Destination |
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