Test 11 · The kid who is always on the bench
Ruairi's lump in the throat fades once the warm-up starts. Why might that be?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lump, warm up, that · What happens: fade, start, be
This is test 11 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» 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: Ruairi's lump in the throat fades once the warm-up starts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruairi | Ruairi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lump | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ruairi | case |
| 3 | lump | lump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fades | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 throat | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 throat | det |
| 6 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lump | nmod |
| 7 | fades | fade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 13 starts | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 up | det |
| 10 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 up | amod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 warm | punct |
| 12 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 starts | nsubj |
| 13 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fades | advcl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fades | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fade | present | Ruairi's lump in the throat | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | start | present | the warm up | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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: Why might that be?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 be | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 be | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 be | nsubj |
| 4 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 be | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | might | that | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Warm-ups cure all sore throats straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Warm | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cure | nsubj |
| 4 | cure | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 throats | det |
| 6 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 throats | amod |
| 7 | throats | throat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cure | obj |
| 8 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 9 away | advmod |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 cure | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | present | Warm ups | all sore throats | away property | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer throat=Source |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Moving helps the stress reaction settle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 settle | det |
| 4 | stress | stress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reaction | compound |
| 5 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 settle | compound |
| 6 | settle | settle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | help | present | the reaction settle | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent settle=Beneficiary |
Option 3
The coach changed the team sheet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coach | det |
| 2 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changed | nsubj |
| 3 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sheet | det |
| 5 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sheet | compound |
| 6 | sheet | sheet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past | the coach | the team sheet | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheet=Patient |
Option 4
He swallowed it with water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 swallowed | nsubj |
| 2 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 swallowed | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swallowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | past | He | it | with water | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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