Test 9 · School legends

"chew gum in the exam = top marks, science says" What does the science really say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: science · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 of lesson 24 «School legends» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 gum	punct
2	chew	chew	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gum	compound
3	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	ccomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 exam	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 exam	det
6	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gum	nmod
7	=	=	SYM	_	9 marks	cc
8	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 marks	amod
9	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 exam	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 gum	punct
11	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 say	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 say	obj
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 say	aux
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 science	det
17	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 say	nsubj
18	really	really	ADV	_	19 say	advmod
19	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 says	ccomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	science						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the science						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Top marks every time, proven many times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 marks	amod
2	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marks	nmod:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 proven	punct
6	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 marks	acl
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 times	amod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 proven	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	participle		Top marks every time not said here			time		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Gum has nothing to do with being alert ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 has	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 nothing	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 alert	case
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 alert	cop
8	alert	alert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 do	obl
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Gum	nothing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
2	do	to-infinitive	Gum not said here	nothing not said here	ever		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	gerund				alert property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A small, brief alertness boost at most, and mixed results

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boost	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boost	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 small	punct
4	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boost	amod
5	alertness	alertness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boost	compound
6	boost	boost	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 most	case
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 boost	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 results	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 results	cc
11	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 results	amod
12	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 boost	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	participle							vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Gum makes your brain bigger for an hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brain	nmod:poss
4	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hour	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hour	det
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bigger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Gum	your brain				big property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset brain=Product

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