Test 4 · Digestion: from mouth to intestines
Someone eats very little fruit, vegetables or whole grains. What problem may they get?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Someone, fruit · What happens: eat, get · To what, where: little fruit, problem
This is test 4 of lesson 33 «Digestion: from mouth to intestines» 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: Someone eats very little fruit, vegetables or whole grains.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 eats | nsubj |
| 2 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 little | advmod |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fruit | amod |
| 5 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 eats | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 vegetables | punct |
| 7 | vegetables | vegetable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fruit | conj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 grains | cc |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 grains | amod |
| 10 | grains | grain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fruit | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 eats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Someone | little fruit and vegetables or whole grains | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |
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 problem may they get?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 get | obj |
| 2 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | may | fruit | problem | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Food moves slowly and they get constipated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 moves | nsubj |
| 2 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 2 moves | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 constipated | cc |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 constipated | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 constipated | aux:pass |
| 7 | constipated | constipate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 moves | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present | Food | slowly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | constipate | present · passive | they | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
Their bones grow too long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 bones | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | nsubj |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 grow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Their bones | long property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Their lungs fill with water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 lungs | nmod:poss |
| 2 | lungs | lung | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fill | nsubj |
| 3 | fill | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fill | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | present | Their lungs | with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument |
Option 4
They breathe too fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 breathe | nsubj |
| 2 | breathe | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 fast | advmod |
| 4 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 breathe | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breathe | present | They | fast property | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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