Test 9 · ★★ · Going to the doctor and the chemist
Gran on the news: "Over-sixty-fives can now book their free flu jab." Why the free offer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Over-sixty-fives · What happens: book, jab · To what, where: free flu jab
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Gran on the news: "Over-sixty-fives can now book their free flu jab."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 news | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 news | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 news | det |
| 4 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 news | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 book | punct |
| 7 | Over-sixty-fives | over-sixty-five | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 book | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 book | aux |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 book | advmod |
| 10 | book | book | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 news | parataxis |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 jab | nmod:poss |
| 12 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 jab | amod |
| 13 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 jab | compound |
| 14 | jab | jab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 book | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 book | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 book | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | book in a quote | can | Over-sixty-fives | Over-sixty-fives's free flu jab | now | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jab=Theme | |||
| 2 | jab in a quote | Over-sixty-fives = over-sixty-five | nom jab «act transitive»: poss=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 the free offer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 offer | det |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 offer | amod |
| 4 | offer | offer | 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
Young people never catch the flu
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 catch | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 catch | advmod |
| 4 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 flu | det |
| 6 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 catch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not catch | present | Young people | the flu | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flu=Theme |
Option 2
Older people keep forgetting to pay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 keep | nsubj |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | forgetting | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keep | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pay | mark |
| 6 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 forgetting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Older people | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | forget | gerund | Older people not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not pay | to-infinitive | Older people not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Flu is more dangerous for older people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dangerous | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 people | case |
| 6 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 people | amod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dangerous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Flu | for older people; dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The jab only works on older people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 jab | det |
| 2 | jab | jab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 works | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 works | advmod |
| 4 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 people | case |
| 6 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 people | amod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | the jab | on older people | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on people=Theme |
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