Test 3 · Changing-room germs
Josh from Adelaide: «Itchy as, mate» («itchy as» means very itchy). What should his mum suggest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Itchy, mum · What happens: mean, suggest · To what, where: Josh
This is test 3 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: Josh from Adelaide: «Itchy as, mate» («itchy as» means very itchy).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 means | obl |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Adelaide | case |
| 3 | Adelaide | Adelaide | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Josh | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Itchy | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 Itchy | punct |
| 6 | Itchy | itchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 means | nsubj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 mate | case |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Itchy | obl |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 Itchy | punct |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 13 itchy | punct |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 itchy | punct |
| 13 | itchy | itchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 means | nsubj |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 itchy | fixed |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 itchy | punct |
| 16 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | very | very | ADV | _ | 18 itchy | advmod |
| 18 | itchy | itchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 means | xcomp |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 itchy | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Itchy | Josh from Adelaide | itchy property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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: What should his mum suggest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 suggest | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 suggest | aux |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mum | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 suggest | nsubj |
| 5 | suggest | suggest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 suggest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suggest speech: suggest | should | Josh's mum | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Dry between the toes and use pharmacy cream
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | between | between | ADP | _ | 4 toes | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 toes | det |
| 4 | toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Dry | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 use | cc |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dry | conj |
| 7 | pharmacy | pharmacy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cream | compound |
| 8 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | pharmacy cream | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Patient |
Option 2
Keep the wet socks on longer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 socks | det |
| 3 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 socks | amod |
| 4 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keep | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 6 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | the wet socks | long property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Theme |
Option 3
Rub mud on the toes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rub | rub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mud | compound |
| 2 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 toes | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 toes | det |
| 5 | toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 mud | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Share socks with his brother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Share | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 brother | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 brother | nmod:poss |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | socks | with his brother | tree rules |
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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