Test 4 · Posture and eyes for sporty kids
Isla's mum: «Too much chlorine, I'll complain to the pool». What else could be going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: complain, go on · To what, where: pool
This is test 4 of lesson 58 «Posture and eyes for sporty kids» 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: Isla's mum: «Too much chlorine, I'll complain to the pool».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isla | Isla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Isla | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 chlorine | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 chlorine | punct |
| 6 | Too | too | ADV | _ | 7 much | advmod |
| 7 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 chlorine | amod |
| 8 | chlorine | chlorine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 complain | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 complain | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 complain | aux |
| 12 | complain | complain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 chlorine | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 pool | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 pool | det |
| 15 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 complain | obl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 complain | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mum | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complain speech: other in a quote | future | I | the pool | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to pool=Recipient |
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 else could be going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 going | nsubj |
| 2 | else | else | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 going | aux |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 going | compound:prt |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | could · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The water being too deep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 deep | nsubj |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 deep | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 deep | advmod |
| 5 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | the water | deep property | tree rules |
Option 2
The tiles being too blue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tiles | det |
| 2 | tiles | tile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 blue | nsubj |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 blue | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 blue | advmod |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | the tiles | blue property | tree rules |
Option 3
The lifeguard's whistle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lifeguard | det |
| 2 | lifeguard | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 whistle | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 lifeguard | case |
| 4 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whistle | the lifeguard | nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Swimmers not showering before getting in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimmers | swimmer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 showering | nsubj |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 showering | advmod |
| 3 | showering | shower | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 5 getting | mark |
| 5 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 showering | advcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADV | _ | 5 getting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not shower | gerund | Swimmers | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | get in | gerund | Swimmers not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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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