Test 4 · ★ · Lungs, air and keeping fit
A footballer trains high in the mountains for weeks. Why might this help?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: footballer · What happens: train · To what, where: mountains
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 93 «Lungs, air and keeping fit» 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: A footballer trains high in the mountains for weeks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 footballer | det |
| 2 | footballer | footballer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 trains | nsubj |
| 3 | trains | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 trains | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 mountains | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mountains | det |
| 7 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 trains | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 weeks | case |
| 9 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 trains | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 trains | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | present | a footballer | the mountains | week | high property | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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: Why might this help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | aux |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 help | det |
| 4 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mountains have weaker gravity, so running is much easier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | weaker | weak | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 gravity | amod |
| 4 | gravity | gravity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 have | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 running | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 running | advmod |
| 7 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 have | advcl |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 easier | cop |
| 9 | much | much | ADV | _ | 10 easier | advmod |
| 10 | easier | easy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 running | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Mountains | weaker gravity | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gravity=Patient | ||||
| 2 | run | gerund | Mountains not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | present | easy property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Her body gets used to working with less oxygen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 body | nmod:poss |
| 2 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 used | aux:pass |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 6 working | mark |
| 6 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 used | advcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 oxygen | case |
| 8 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 oxygen | amod |
| 9 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 working | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | Her body | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | work | gerund | with less oxygen | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with oxygen=Co-Agent |
Option 3
The mountain air has extra oxygen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 air | det |
| 2 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 air | compound |
| 3 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 oxygen | amod |
| 6 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the mountain air | extra oxygen | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient |
Option 4
Cold air makes her lungs bigger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 air | amod |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 lungs | nmod:poss |
| 5 | lungs | lung | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 makes | obj |
| 6 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Cold air | air's lungs | big property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lung=Product |
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