Test 11 · ★ · Hospitals, operations and serious illness
Dad mutters, "Two visitors a bed, so you lot take turns, all right?" Why must you take turns?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, you · What happens: mutter, take · To what, where: Two visitors, lot, turns · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 21 «Hospitals, operations and serious illness» 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 mutters, "Two visitors a bed, so you lot take turns, all right?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mutters | nsubj |
| 2 | mutters | mutter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 mutters | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 visitors | punct |
| 5 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 visitors | nummod |
| 6 | visitors | visitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 mutters | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bed | det |
| 8 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 visitors | nmod:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 take | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 take | advmod |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 take | nsubj |
| 12 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 take | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 mutters | conj |
| 14 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 take | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 right | punct |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 right | det |
| 17 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 mutters | parataxis |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 17 right | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 mutters | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mutter speech: ask | present | Dad | Two visitors a bed | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | take in a quote | present | you | lot | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=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: Why must you take turns?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 take | advmod |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 take | nsubj |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | must | you | turns | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The car park is too small for the whole family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 park | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 park | compound |
| 3 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 small | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 small | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 small | advmod |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 family | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 family | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 family | amod |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 small | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the car park | for the whole family; small property | tree rules |
Option 2
Grandad only wants to see one person a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 wants | advmod |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 person | nummod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Grandad | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | Grandad not said here | one person | day | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The ward allows only two visitors at each bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ward | det |
| 2 | ward | ward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 allows | nsubj |
| 3 | allows | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 two | advmod |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 visitors | nummod |
| 6 | visitors | visitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 allows | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 bed | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 bed | det |
| 9 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 allows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present | the ward | two visitors | each bed | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visitor=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Children are never allowed on any hospital ward
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 ward | case |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 ward | det |
| 7 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ward | compound |
| 8 | ward | ward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Children | any hospital ward | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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