Test 1 · ★★★ · Food myths and fads
Tom, 80th minute, calf cramp: «get me a banana quick, I'm low on potassium!» What would actually help?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: get, be, help · To what, where: banana, me, potassium
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «Food myths and fads» 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: Tom, 80th minute, calf cramp: «get me a banana quick, I'm low on potassium!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 cramp | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 minute | punct |
| 3 | 80th | 80th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 4 minute | amod |
| 4 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tom | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Tom | punct |
| 6 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cramp | compound |
| 7 | cramp | cramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 cramp | parataxis |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 get | obj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 banana | det |
| 13 | banana | banana | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | obj |
| 14 | quick | quick | ADV | _ | 10 get | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 low | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 low | nsubj |
| 17 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 low | cop |
| 18 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 get | conj |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 potassium | case |
| 20 | potassium | potassium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 low | obl |
| 21 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 cramp | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 cramp | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | infinitive | a banana | me | quick property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary banana=Theme | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | potassium | low property | tree rules |
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 actually help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 4 help | advmod |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | actually property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Sprinting hard to shake the cramp loose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sprinting | sprint | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Sprinting | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 shake | mark |
| 4 | shake | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Sprinting | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cramp | det |
| 6 | cramp | cramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shake | obj |
| 7 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 shake | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sprint | gerund | hard property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | shake | to-infinitive | the cramp | loose property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cramp=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Gently stretching the calf and resting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gently | gently | ADV | _ | 2 stretching | advmod |
| 2 | stretching | stretch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 calf | det |
| 4 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stretching | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 resting | cc |
| 6 | resting | resting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calf | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stretch | gerund | the calf and resting | gently property | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent calf=Patient |
Option 3
Drinking a can of cola to get his sugar up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drinking | drink | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cola | det |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cola | aux |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 cola | case |
| 5 | cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drinking | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Drinking | advcl |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 sugar | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 get | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | gerund | a cola | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cola=Patient | |||||
| 2 | get up | to-infinitive | his sugar | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sugar=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Eating the banana, skin and all, as fast as he can
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 banana | det |
| 3 | banana | banana | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Eating | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 skin | punct |
| 5 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 banana | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 all | cc |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 banana | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fast | punct |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | _ | 10 fast | advmod |
| 10 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Eating | advmod |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 can | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 can | nsubj |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 fast | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | gerund | the banana and skin | fast property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient |
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