Test 5 · Changing-room germs
Lwazi: «It's just a small one, it'll be lekker». What does the doctor's advice say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lwazi, it, advice · What happens: be, say · To what, where: small one, lekker · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: Lwazi: «It's just a small one, it'll be lekker».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lwazi | Lwazi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 one | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lwazi | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 4 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 one | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 one | cop |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 one | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 lekker | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 lekker | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 lekker | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 lekker | cop |
| 14 | lekker | lekker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 one | appos |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 lekker | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Lwazi | a small one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | future | it | lekker | tree rules |
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 does the doctor's advice say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 doctor | det |
| 4 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 advice | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 doctor | case |
| 6 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | nsubj |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the doctor's advice | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Cover it with mud and play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Cover | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 mud | case |
| 4 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cover | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 play | cc |
| 6 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mud | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | imperative | you not said here | it | with mud and play | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with mud=Theme |
Option 2
Play, but only in the second half
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 half | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 half | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 half | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 half | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 half | det |
| 7 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 half | amod |
| 8 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 1 Play | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | imperative | you not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No contact sport while the sore is open
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 sport | det |
| 2 | contact | contact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sport | compound |
| 3 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 open | nsubj |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 sore | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sore | det |
| 6 | sore | sore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sport | appos |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 open | cop |
| 8 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | no contact sport | open property | tree rules |
Option 4
Small sores are fine in the scrum if you're careful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sores | amod |
| 2 | sores | sore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fine | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 scrum | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 scrum | det |
| 7 | scrum | scrum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fine | obl |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 careful | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 careful | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 careful | cop |
| 11 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Small sores | the scrum | fine property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | you | careful property | tree rules |
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