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Test 10 · ★★ · Going to the doctor and the chemist

Dad, putting it off again: "I feel fine, why'd I need a check-up?" What is the right answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad, I, right answer · What happens: put off, feel, need, be · To what, where: it, check up · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Going to the doctor and the chemist» of the adult life 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: Dad, putting it off again: "I feel fine, why'd I need a check-up?"

nsubjpunctobjcompound:prtadvmodpunctpunctnsubjparataxisxcomppunctadvmodpunctnsubjconjdetcompoundpunctobjpunctpunctrootDadNOUN,PUNCTputtingVERBitPRONoffADPagainADV:PUNCT"PUNCTIPRONfeelVERBfineADJ,PUNCTwhyADV'dPUNCTIPRONneedVERBaDETcheckNOUN-PUNCTupNOUN?PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DaddadNOUNNumber=Sing3 puttingnsubj
2,,PUNCT_3 puttingpunct
3puttingputVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 puttingobj
5offoffADP_3 puttingcompound:prt
6againagainADV_3 puttingadvmod
7::PUNCT_10 feelpunct
8""PUNCT_10 feelpunct
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 feelnsubj
10feelfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 puttingparataxis
11finefineADJDegree=Pos10 feelxcomp
12,,PUNCT_16 needpunct
13whywhyADVPronType=Int16 needadvmod
14'd'dPUNCT_16 needpunct
15IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs16 neednsubj
16needneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 puttingconj
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 updet
18checkcheckNOUNNumber=Sing20 upcompound
19--PUNCT_20 uppunct
20upupNOUNNumber=Sing16 needobj
21??PUNCT_3 puttingpunct
22""PUNCT_3 puttingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1put offgerundDaditagaintree rules
2feel in a quotepresentIfine propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3need in a quotepresentIa check upvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot up=Theme

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 the right answer?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETrightADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 answerdet
4rightrightADJDegree=Pos5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe right answertree rules

The options

Option 1

He's right, check-ups find nothing useful

nsubjcoppunctparataxispunctnsubjccompobjamodrootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTcheckVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNfindVERBnothingPRONusefulADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_5 checkpunct
5checkcheckVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin3 rightparataxis
6--PUNCT_7 upspunct
7upsupNOUNNumber=Plur8 findnsubj
8findfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 checkccomp
9nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg8 findobj
10usefulusefulADJDegree=Pos9 nothingamod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2checkinfinitivetree rules
3findpresentupsnothingvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Check-ups catch problems early, before you feel ill

punctnsubjccompobjadvmodpunctmarknsubjadvclxcomprootCheckVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNcatchVERBproblemsNOUNearlyADV,PUNCTbeforeSCONJyouPRONfeelVERBillADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CheckcheckVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2--PUNCT_3 upspunct
3upsupNOUNNumber=Plur4 catchnsubj
4catchcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Checkccomp
5problemsproblemNOUNNumber=Plur4 catchobj
6earlyearlyADVDegree=Pos4 catchadvmod
7,,PUNCT_10 feelpunct
8beforebeforeSCONJ_10 feelmark
9youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs10 feelnsubj
10feelfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Checkadvcl
11illillADJDegree=Pos10 feelxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkimperativeyou not said heretree rules
2catchpresentupsproblemsearly propertyvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Theme
3feelpresentyouill propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

He's right, check-ups are only for people who already feel ill

The tree, 13 words
nsubjcoppunctparataxispunctnsubjcopadvmodcaseobjnsubjadvmodacl:relclxcomprootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTcheckVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNareAUXonlyADVforADPpeopleNOUNwhoPRONalreadyADVfeelVERBillADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_5 checkpunct
5checkcheckVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin3 rightparataxis
6--PUNCT_7 upspunct
7upsupNOUNNumber=Plur11 peoplensubj
8arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 peoplecop
9onlyonlyADV_11 peopleadvmod
10forforADP_11 peoplecase
11peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur5 checkobj
12whowhoPRONPronType=Rel14 feelnsubj
13alreadyalreadyADV_14 feeladvmod
14feelfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 peopleacl:relcl
15illillADJDegree=Pos14 feelxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2checkinfinitivevn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3ispresentupsfor peopletree rules
4feelpresentpeopleill propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Check-ups are only needed once in a lifetime

punctnsubj:passaux:passadvmodccompadvmodcasedetoblrootCheckVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNareAUXonlyADVneededVERBonceADVinADPaDETlifetimeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CheckcheckVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2--PUNCT_3 upspunct
3upsupNOUNNumber=Plur6 needednsubj:pass
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 neededaux:pass
5onlyonlyADV_6 neededadvmod
6neededneedVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Checkccomp
7onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult1 Checkadvmod
8ininADP_10 lifetimecase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 lifetimedet
10lifetimelifetimeNOUNNumber=Sing1 Checkobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkimperativeyou not said herea lifetimeonce propertytree rules
2needpresent · passiveupsvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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