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Test 1 · ★ · Growing, skin, hair and food

Your sister says: "My veins are BLUE, look! Proves blood's blue!" How could you check?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, veins, blood, you · What happens: say, be, look, check · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» 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 sister says: "My veins are BLUE, look!

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctnmod:possnsubjcopccomppunctparataxispunctrootYourPRONsisterNOUNsaysVERB:PUNCT"PUNCTMyPRONveinsNOUNareAUXBLUEADJ,PUNCTlookVERB!PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 sisternmod:poss
2sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4::PUNCT_9 BLUEpunct
5""PUNCT_9 BLUEpunct
6MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 veinsnmod:poss
7veinsveinNOUNNumber=Plur9 BLUEnsubj
8arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 BLUEcop
9BLUEblueADJDegree=Pos3 saysccomp
10,,PUNCT_11 lookpunct
11looklookVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin9 BLUEparataxis
12!!PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: expresspresentYour sistervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is in a quotepresentMy veinsblue propertytree rules
3look in a quoteinfinitivevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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: Proves blood's blue!"

copnsubjcasepunctpunctrootProvesVERBbloodNOUN'sPARTblueADJ!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ProvesproveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 bluecop
2bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing4 bluensubj
3's'sPART_2 bloodcase
4blueblueADJDegree=Posrootroot
5!!PUNCT_4 bluepunct
6""PUNCT_4 bluepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentbloodblue propertytree rules

Sentence 3: How could you check?

advmodauxnsubjpunctrootHowADVcouldAUXyouPRONcheckVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HowhowADVPronType=Int4 checkadvmod
2couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 checkaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 checknsubj
4checkcheckVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 checkpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkcouldyouvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Cut a vein to look, carefully

detobjmarkadvclpunctadvmodrootCutVERBaDETveinNOUNtoPARTlookVERB,PUNCTcarefullyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CutcutVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 veindet
3veinveinNOUNNumber=Sing1 Cutobj
4totoPART_5 lookmark
5looklookVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Cutadvcl
6,,PUNCT_7 carefullypunct
7carefullycarefullyADV_5 lookadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cutimperativeyou not said herea veinvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset vein=Product
2lookto-infinitiveyou not said herecarefully propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Hold your arm in the sun until it turns red

nmod:possobjcasedetoblmarknsubjadvclxcomprootHoldVERByourPRONarmNOUNinADPtheDETsunNOUNuntilSCONJitPRONturnsVERBredADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HoldholdVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 armnmod:poss
3armarmNOUNNumber=Sing1 Holdobj
4ininADP_6 suncase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 sundet
6sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing1 Holdobl
7untiluntilSCONJ_9 turnsmark
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 turnsnsubj
9turnsturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Holdadvcl
10redredADJDegree=Pos9 turnsxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdimperativeyou not said hereyour armthe sunvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent arm=Theme in sun=Location
2turnpresentarmred propertyvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Ask her to drink blue juice

iobjmarkxcompamodobjrootAskVERBherPRONtoPARTdrinkVERBblueADJjuiceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AskaskVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Askiobj
3totoPART_4 drinkmark
4drinkdrinkVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Askxcomp
5blueblueADJDegree=Pos6 juiceamod
6juicejuiceNOUNNumber=Sing4 drinkobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askimperativeyou not said hereher = shevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2drink not said to happento-infinitiveyou not said hereblue juicevn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Look at blood in a sealed tube at a blood test: it's dark red

The tree, 15 words
caseoblcasedetamodoblcasedetcompoundoblpunctnsubjcopparataxisconjrootLookVERBatADPbloodNOUNinADPaDETsealedVERBtubeNOUNatADPaDETbloodNOUNtestNOUN:PUNCTitPRON'sAUXdarkADJredADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LooklookVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2atatADP_3 bloodcase
3bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing1 Lookobl
4ininADP_7 tubecase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 tubedet
6sealedsealVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 tubeamod
7tubetubeNOUNNumber=Sing1 Lookobl
8atatADP_11 testcase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 testdet
10bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing11 testcompound
11testtestNOUNNumber=Sing1 Lookobl
12::PUNCT_15 darkpunct
13ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 darknsubj
14'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 darkcop
15darkdarkADJDegree=Pos1 Lookparataxis
16redredADJDegree=Pos15 darkconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lookimperativeyou not said herein a sealed tube; at a blood test; at bloodvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at blood=Theme
2sealparticiplevn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3ispresenttestdark propertytree rules
4betest not said heretree rules

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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