Test 11 · ★★ · Going to the doctor and the chemist
Your sister moans, "The booster's pointless, I already had that jab when I was little." Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, I, you · What happens: moan, have, be, put · To what, where: jab, sister
This is test 11 · ★★ 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: Your sister moans, "The booster's pointless, I already had that jab when I was little."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moans | nsubj |
| 3 | moans | moan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 pointless | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 pointless | punct |
| 6 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 booster | det |
| 7 | booster | booster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pointless | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 booster | case |
| 9 | pointless | pointless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 moans | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 had | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 had | nsubj |
| 12 | already | already | ADV | _ | 13 had | advmod |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 moans | conj |
| 14 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 jab | det |
| 15 | jab | jab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obj |
| 16 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 little | advmod |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 little | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 little | cop |
| 19 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 had | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 moans | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 moans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moan | present | Your sister | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | past | I | that jab | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jab=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | past | I | little property | 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: Put her right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | sister | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She's right, boosters are only for adults
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 adults | punct |
| 5 | boosters | booster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 adults | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 adults | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 adults | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 adults | case |
| 9 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | boosters | for adults | tree rules |
Option 2
A booster is for a different disease entirely, not the old one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 booster | det |
| 2 | booster | booster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 disease | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 disease | cop |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 disease | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 disease | det |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 disease | amod |
| 7 | disease | disease | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 7 disease | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 one | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 one | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 one | det |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 one | amod |
| 13 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 disease | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a booster | for a different disease and the old one; entirely property | tree rules |
Option 3
She's right, one jab lasts forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lasts | punct |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 jab | nummod |
| 6 | jab | jab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lasts | nsubj |
| 7 | lasts | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 7 lasts | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | last | present | one jab | forever property | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A booster tops up the protection from the first jab
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 booster | det |
| 2 | booster | booster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tops | nsubj |
| 3 | tops | top | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 tops | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 protection | det |
| 6 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tops | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 jab | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 jab | det |
| 9 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 jab | amod |
| 10 | jab | jab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tops | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | top up | present | a booster | the protection | the first jab | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme protection=Co-Theme |
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