Test 4 · Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body

"nis" sounds like "niece". does it mean niece then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nis · What happens: sound, mean · To what, where: niece

This is test 4 of lesson 20 «Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body» of the Ukrainian street 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	_	2 nis	punct
2	nis	nis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sounds	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 nis	punct
4	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 niece	case
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 niece	punct
7	niece	niece	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sounds	obl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 niece	punct
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sounds	punct
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 mean	aux
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mean	nsubj
12	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sounds	parataxis
13	niece	niece	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mean	obj
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 mean	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	nis					like niece	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	mean	present · do-support	nis	niece			then		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent niece=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 · ✓ the right answer

No, it means nose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	nose					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Topic

Option 2

Yes, it means cousin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	cousin					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Topic

Option 3

Yes, it means niece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	niece	niece	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	niece					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent niece=Topic

Option 4

No, it means knees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	knees					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knee=Topic

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