Test 11 · ★★★ · Food myths and fads
Sam says if one banana is good for cramp, a whole bunch before every match must stop cramp forever. What's wrong with his thinking?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, one banana, match · What happens: say, be, stop, think · To what, where: cramp · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: Sam says if one banana is good for cramp, a whole bunch before every match must stop cramp forever.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 good | mark |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 banana | nummod |
| 5 | banana | banana | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 good | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 good | cop |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 cramp | case |
| 9 | cramp | cramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 good | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bunch | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bunch | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 bunch | amod |
| 13 | bunch | bunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cramp | conj |
| 14 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 18 stop | mark |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 match | det |
| 16 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 stop | nsubj |
| 17 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 stop | aux |
| 18 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 bunch | acl |
| 19 | cramp | cramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 stop | obj |
| 20 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 18 stop | advmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Sam | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | one banana | for cramp and a whole bunch; good property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stop | must | every match | cramp | forever property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality cramp=Eventuality |
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's wrong with his thinking?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 thinking | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 thinking | nmod:poss |
| 6 | thinking | thinking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrong | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with match's thinking; wrong property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | think | match | nom thinking «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, more bananas means no cramp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 means | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bananas | punct |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 bananas | amod |
| 4 | bananas | banana | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 cramp | det |
| 7 | cramp | cramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Nothing | no cramp | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cramp=Topic |
Option 2
Only one banana a year is safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 one | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 banana | nummod |
| 3 | banana | banana | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 safe | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 year | det |
| 5 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 banana | nmod:unmarked |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 safe | cop |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | one banana a year | safe property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cramp isn't mainly caused by low potassium, so more bananas won't stop it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cramp | cramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caused | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 caused | aux:pass |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 caused | advmod |
| 4 | mainly | mainly | ADV | _ | 5 caused | advmod |
| 5 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 potassium | case |
| 7 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 potassium | amod |
| 8 | potassium | potassium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caused | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 stop | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 stop | advmod |
| 11 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 bananas | amod |
| 12 | bananas | banana | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 stop | nsubj |
| 13 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 stop | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 stop | advmod |
| 15 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 caused | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cause | present · passive | low potassium | Cramp | mainly property | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | not stop | future | more bananas | Cramp | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
Option 4
Bananas give you cramp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bananas | banana | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | nsubj |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 give | iobj |
| 4 | cramp | cramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Bananas | cramp | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient cramp=Theme |
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