Test 10 · Changing-room germs
A cartoon gym has a sign: «Sweat stinks, so never sweat». Correct it.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon gym, Sweat, you · What happens: have, stink, not sweat, correct · To what, where: sign
This is test 10 of lesson 59 «Changing-room germs» 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: A cartoon gym has a sign: «Sweat stinks, so never sweat».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 gym | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gym | compound |
| 3 | gym | gym | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sign | det |
| 6 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 stinks | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 stinks | punct |
| 9 | Sweat | sweat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stinks | nsubj |
| 10 | stinks | stink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 has | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sweat | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 sweat | advmod |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 sweat | advmod |
| 14 | sweat | sweat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 stinks | parataxis |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 sweat | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a cartoon gym | a sign | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient | ||||
| 2 | stink in a quote | present | Sweat | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not sweat in a quote | infinitive | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: 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: Correct it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Correct | correct | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Correct | obj |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Correct | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correct speech: disagree | imperative | you not said here | sign | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Bacteria on old sweat make the smell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bacteria | bacterium | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 sweat | case |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sweat | amod |
| 4 | sweat | sweat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bacteria | nmod |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 smell | det |
| 7 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Bacteria on old sweat | the smell | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset smell=Product |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Only adults' sweat smells, children's never does
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 adults | advmod |
| 2 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sweat | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 adults | case |
| 4 | sweat | sweat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smells | nsubj |
| 5 | smells | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 children | punct |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 smells | obl |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 children | case |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 does | advmod |
| 10 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 smells | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell | present | adults's sweat | 's children | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not do | present | adults's sweat not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Sweat itself always stinks the moment it appears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweat | sweat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stinks | nsubj |
| 2 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 1 Sweat | nmod:unmarked |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 stinks | advmod |
| 4 | stinks | stink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 moment | det |
| 6 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stinks | obj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 appears | nsubj |
| 8 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 moment | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stink | present | Sweat Sweat | moment | always property | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | appear | present | it | the moment not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location moment=Theme |
Option 4
Sweating is bad for you and should be stopped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweating | sweating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bad | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bad | cop |
| 3 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 you | case |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 bad | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stopped | cc |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 stopped | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 stopped | aux:pass |
| 9 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 bad | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sweating | for you; bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | should · passive | Sweating not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V» |
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