Test 2 · ★ · Eyes and ears

Your mate has headphones on full and says, "Shut up, it doesn't hurt, so it's fine." What do you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, you · What happens: have, say, shut up, not hurt, be, tell · To what, where: headphones, full, him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 3 «Eyes and ears» 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: Your mate has headphones on full and says, "Shut up, it doesn't hurt, so it's fine."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	headphones	headphone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 full	case
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 headphones	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 says	cc
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 has	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Shut	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 Shut	punct
11	Shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 says	ccomp
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 Shut	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hurt	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hurt	nsubj
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 hurt	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 hurt	advmod
17	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 Shut	advcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 fine	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	22 fine	advmod
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 fine	expl
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 fine	cop
22	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 has	parataxis
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 fine	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present	Your mate	headphones	full		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	Your mate not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	shut up in a quote	participle					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	not hurt in a quote	present · do-support	mate				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
5	is in a quote	present				fine 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 do you tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	you		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1

It's only a problem for children if they are under five years old

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 problem	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 problem	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 problem	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 problem	det
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 problem	nmod
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 old	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 old	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 old	cop
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 years	case
12	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 years	nummod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 old	obl:unmarked
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 problem	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a problem				for children	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	children = child				year	old property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ears can be damaged without hurting, and it doesn't heal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 damaged	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 damaged	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 damaged	aux:pass
4	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 hurting	mark
6	hurting	hurt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 damaged	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 heal	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 heal	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 heal	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 heal	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 heal	advmod
12	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 damaged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	damage	can · passive		Ears	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	hurt	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	not heal	present · do-support	it		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Music can't damage ears, only very loud machines like drills can

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damage	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 damage	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 damage	advmod
4	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 can	parataxis
5	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 damage	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 machines	punct
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 machines	advmod
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 loud	advmod
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 machines	amod
10	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 damage	obl
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 drills	case
12	drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 machines	nmod
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not damage	can	Music	ears				loud machines like drills obl	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient

Option 4

He's right; if there's no pain then there's no damage at all

The tree, 15 words

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	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 's	mark
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 's	expl
7	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 pain	det
9	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	nsubj
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 's	advmod
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 's	expl
12	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 damage	det
14	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 's	nsubj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 damage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			right property	tree rules
2	be a condition, not said to happen	present	no pain	there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	be	present	no damage at all	there	then		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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