Test 10 · "It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure
Nephew: "An organic doughnut is still a doughnut, Auntie." What is he saying?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: organic doughnut, Auntie · What happens: be, say · To what, where: doughnut · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 179 «"It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure» of the world 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: Nephew: "An organic doughnut is still a doughnut, Auntie."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 doughnut | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 doughnut | punct |
| 4 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 doughnut | det |
| 5 | organic | organic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 doughnut | amod |
| 6 | doughnut | doughnut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 doughnut | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 doughnut | cop |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 10 doughnut | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 doughnut | det |
| 10 | doughnut | doughnut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nephew | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Auntie | punct |
| 12 | Auntie | Auntie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 doughnut | appos |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 Auntie | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 doughnut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | a organic doughnut | a doughnut | still | 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 is he saying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 saying | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 saying | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saying | nsubj |
| 4 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 saying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | Auntie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Doughnuts can never be organic, by law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doughnuts | doughnut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 organic | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 organic | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 organic | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 organic | cop |
| 5 | organic | organic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 law | punct |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 law | case |
| 8 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 organic | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | can | Doughnuts | organic property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A label doesn't make a food healthy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 label | det |
| 2 | label | label | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 make | advmod |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 food | det |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| 8 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present · do-support | a label | a food | healthy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product |
Option 3
Organic food is always unhealthy for you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Organic | organic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 food | amod |
| 2 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 unhealthy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 unhealthy | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 unhealthy | advmod |
| 5 | unhealthy | unhealthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 unhealthy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Organic food | for you; always, unhealthy property | tree rules |
Option 4
Aunts shouldn't be the ones buying food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aunts | aunt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ones | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 ones | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 ones | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 ones | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ones | det |
| 6 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | buying | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 ones | acl |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | should | Aunts | the ones | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | buy | gerund | the ones not said here | food | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
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