Test 5 · ★★ · Going to the doctor and the chemist
Your mate goes, "I've got a cold, my mum's getting me antibiotics, they fix everything." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, I, mum, antibiotics, you · What happens: go, get, fix, put · To what, where: cold, antibiotics, me, everything, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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 mate goes, "I've got a cold, my mum's getting me antibiotics, they fix everything."
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 7 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | aux |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 goes | ccomp |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cold | det |
| 10 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 getting | punct |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mum | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 getting | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 getting | aux |
| 15 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 got | advcl |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 getting | iobj |
| 17 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 getting | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 fix | punct |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 fix | nsubj |
| 20 | fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | parataxis |
| 21 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 20 fix | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · perfect | I | a cold | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cold=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | present · progressive | my mum | antibiotics | me | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary antibiotic=Theme | |||
| 4 | fix in a quote | present | antibiotics = antibiotic | everything | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent everything=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: 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 | mate | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1
He's right, antibiotics cure colds fast
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 | _ | 6 cure | punct |
| 5 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cure | nsubj |
| 6 | cure | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 7 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cure | obj |
| 8 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 cure | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cure | present | antibiotics | colds | fast property | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Antibiotics do nothing against cold viruses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 do | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 do | obj |
| 4 | against | against | ADP | _ | 6 viruses | case |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 viruses | amod |
| 6 | viruses | virus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 nothing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Antibiotics | nothing | against cold viruses | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
Option 3
Only expensive antibiotics work on colds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 expensive | advmod |
| 2 | expensive | expensive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 antibiotics | amod |
| 3 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 work | nsubj |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 colds | case |
| 6 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | expensive antibiotics | on colds | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on cold=Theme |
Option 4
He's right, they work on any illness
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 | _ | 6 work | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 work | nsubj |
| 6 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 illness | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 illness | det |
| 9 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | work | present | they | on any illness | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on illness=Theme |
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