Test 2 · ★★ · Going to the doctor and the chemist
Your brother says, "Just take some of Dad's pills for your headache, same thing." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, you · What happens: say, take, put · To what, where: some, brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ 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 brother says, "Just take some of Dad's pills for your headache, same thing."
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 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 take | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 take | punct |
| 6 | Just | just | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 take | aux |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 take | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 pills | case |
| 10 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 pills | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Dad | case |
| 12 | pills | pill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 some | nmod |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 headache | case |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 headache | nmod:poss |
| 15 | headache | headache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 thing | punct |
| 17 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 thing | amod |
| 18 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 headache | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 take | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | take in a quote | some | for your headache and same thing | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent some=Theme for headache=Beneficiary |
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 him 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 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc 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 | brother | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's right if you take a small one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 take | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 take | nsubj |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take a condition, not said to happen | present | you | a small one | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
Option 2
He's right because you're family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 7 family | case |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 family | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 family | cop |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | you | because family | tree rules |
Option 3
He's right, all pills are the same inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 same | punct |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 pills | det |
| 6 | pills | pill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 same | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 same | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 same | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | conj |
| 10 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 9 same | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | all pills | inside, same property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Medicine prescribed for Dad is only for Dad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Dad | nsubj |
| 2 | prescribed | prescribe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Medicine | acl |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 Dad | case |
| 4 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prescribed | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Dad | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 Dad | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Dad | case |
| 8 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prescribe | participle | Medicine not said here | for Dad | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Medicine | for Dad | tree rules |
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