Test 1 · Life begins: being born and growing up
Your cousin goes, «babies just appear in the hospital, they build 'em there.» Which reply is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, babies, reply · What happens: go, appear, build, be · To what, where: hospital, 'em
This is test 1 of lesson 51 «Life begins: being born and growing up» of the religion ethics 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 cousin goes, «babies just appear in the hospital, they build 'em there.»
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 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 appear | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 appear | punct |
| 6 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 appear | nsubj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 appear | advmod |
| 8 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 hospital | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hospital | det |
| 11 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 appear | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 build | punct |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 build | nsubj |
| 14 | build | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 appear | conj |
| 15 | 'em | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 build | obj |
| 16 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 build | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your cousin | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | appear in a quote | present | babies | the hospital | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hospital=Location | ||||
| 3 | build in a quote | present | babies = baby | 'em = they | there | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
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: Which reply is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 reply | det |
| 2 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 true | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which reply | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Babies grow in eggs that the mum keeps warm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 eggs | case |
| 4 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | obl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 keeps | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mum | det |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keeps | nsubj |
| 8 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 grow | advcl |
| 9 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 keeps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Babies | eggs | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in egg=Location | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | the mum | warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Right, but only the girls; boys come by post
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 6 girls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 girls | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 girls | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 girls | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girls | det |
| 6 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | nsubj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 come | punct |
| 8 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | nsubj |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 post | case |
| 11 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the girls | by post | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by post=Location |
Option 3
Right, the hospital builds them from parts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 5 builds | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hospital | det |
| 4 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 builds | nsubj |
| 5 | builds | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 builds | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 parts | case |
| 8 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 builds | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | present | the hospital | them = they | parts | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset they=Product from part=Material |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A baby grows in its mum's womb for about nine months first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grows | nsubj |
| 3 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 womb | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 womb | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 mum | case |
| 8 | womb | womb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grows | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 months | case |
| 10 | about | about | ADV | _ | 11 nine | advmod |
| 11 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 months | nummod |
| 12 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grows | obl |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 grows | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | a baby | baby's mum's womb | month | first property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in womb=Location |
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