Test 2 · Changing-room germs
Lucas's friend says: «Just dig the roots out with a pin». What would happen?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: say, dig out, happen · To what, where: roots · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: Lucas's friend says: «Just dig the roots out with a pin».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas | Lucas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lucas | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 dig | punct |
| 7 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 8 dig | advmod |
| 8 | dig | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 roots | det |
| 10 | roots | root | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 dig | obj |
| 11 | out | out | ADV | _ | 8 dig | advmod |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 pin | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 pin | det |
| 14 | pin | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dig | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 dig | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Lucas's friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | dig out in a quote | infinitive | the roots | with a pin; out property | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent root=Theme with pin=Instrument |
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?
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 | ? | ? | 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 |
The options
Option 1
It would cure it at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cure | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 cure | aux |
| 3 | cure | cure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cure | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 cure | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | would | It | it | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Source |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It could hurt and spread the verruca
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurt | aux |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 spread | cc |
| 5 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 hurt | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 verruca | det |
| 7 | verruca | verruca | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spread | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | could | It | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | spread | infinitive | the verruca | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location verruca=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, verrucas feel no pain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 verrucas | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | verrucas | verruca | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 pain | det |
| 6 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feel | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Nothing verrucas | no pain | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme |
Option 4
It would pull out the roots and cure it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pull | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pull | aux |
| 3 | pull | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 pull | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 roots | det |
| 6 | roots | root | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pull | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cure | cc |
| 8 | cure | cure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 pull | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 cure | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | would | It | the roots | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cure | infinitive | it | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Source |
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