Test 6 · Changing-room germs
Kyle's sister teases: «Ringworm means you're manky». What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, Ringworm, you, truth · What happens: tease, mean, be
This is test 6 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: Kyle's sister teases: «Ringworm means you're manky».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle | Kyle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kyle | case |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 teases | nsubj |
| 4 | teases | tease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 means | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 means | punct |
| 7 | Ringworm | ringworm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 means | nsubj |
| 8 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 teases | conj |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 manky | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 manky | cop |
| 11 | manky | manky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 means | xcomp |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 manky | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 teases | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tease | present | Kyle's sister | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | Ringworm | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | manky property | 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's the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only dirty people who never wash get ringworm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 people | advmod |
| 2 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 people | amod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 wash | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 wash | advmod |
| 6 | wash | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 people | acl:relcl |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wash | xcomp |
| 8 | ringworm | ringworm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wash | present | dirty people | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | dirty people not said here | ringworm | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ringworm=Stimulus |
Option 2
It means he has a parasite
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 parasite | det |
| 6 | parasite | parasite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | present | he | a parasite | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parasite=Patient |
Option 3
It's caught from earthworms
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 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 earthworms | case |
| 5 | earthworms | earthworm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · passive | It | earthworms | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from earthworm=Source |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's a common fungus from shared mats
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 | 5 fungus | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fungus | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fungus | det |
| 4 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fungus | amod |
| 5 | fungus | fungus | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 mats | case |
| 7 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 mats | amod |
| 8 | mats | mat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fungus | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a common fungus | shared mats | tree rules | |||
| 2 | share | participle | tree rules |
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