Test 9 · ★ · Your amazing brain and senses
Ella failed an online quiz and now says "I'm right-brained so I'm rubbish at maths". What is the risk of this label?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ella, risk · What happens: fail, say, brain, be, risk · To what, where: online quiz, rubbish, maths, label · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths 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: Ella failed an online quiz and now says "I'm right-brained so I'm rubbish at maths".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 failed | nsubj |
| 2 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 quiz | det |
| 4 | online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 quiz | amod |
| 5 | quiz | quiz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 failed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 says | cc |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 says | advmod |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 failed | conj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 brained | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 brained | nsubj |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 brained | aux |
| 12 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 brained | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 right | punct |
| 14 | brained | brain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 says | ccomp |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 rubbish | advmod |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 rubbish | nsubj |
| 17 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 rubbish | cop |
| 18 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 brained | obl |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 maths | case |
| 20 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 rubbish | nmod |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 brained | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 failed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | past | Ella | a online quiz | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quiz=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Ella not said here | now | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | brain in a quote | present · passive | Ella | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | Ella | rubbish | maths | 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 is the risk of this label?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 risk | det |
| 4 | risk | risk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 label | case |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 label | det |
| 7 | label | label | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 risk | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the risk of this label | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | risk | this label | nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It actually changes the shape of her brain for ever
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 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 3 changes | advmod |
| 3 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shape | det |
| 5 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 brain | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 brain | nmod:poss |
| 8 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shape | nmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 ever | case |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 changes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | It | the shape of her brain | actually property | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent shape=Theme for ever=Co-Theme |
Option 2
It has no effect at all on what she does or tries
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 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 effect | det |
| 4 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 effect | nmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 what | case |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 all | nmod |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 does | nsubj |
| 10 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 what | acl:relcl |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 tries | cc |
| 12 | tries | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 does | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | no effect | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient | |||
| 2 | do | present | she | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | try | present | she not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It can stop her trying to get better
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 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stop | obj |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trying | xcomp |
| 8 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | can | It | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | try | gerund | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
It will make her better at art instead of maths
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 make | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 art | case |
| 7 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 better | obl |
| 8 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 10 maths | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 instead | fixed |
| 10 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | future | It | her = she | instead maths; good property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material she=Product |
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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