Test 2 · ★ · Hospitals, operations and serious illness
Your brother grumbles, "A&E's well unfair, we were there first and that bloke went in before us." How do you put him right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, E, we, bloke, you · What happens: grumble, be, go in, put · To what, where: bloke · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Your brother grumbles, "A&E's well unfair, we were there first and that bloke went in before us."
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 grumbles | nsubj |
| 3 | grumbles | grumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 unfair | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 unfair | punct |
| 6 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 E | det |
| 7 | & | & | CCONJ | _ | 8 E | cc |
| 8 | E | E | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 unfair | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 unfair | cop |
| 10 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 unfair | advmod |
| 11 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grumbles | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 there | punct |
| 13 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 there | nsubj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 there | cop |
| 15 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 unfair | conj |
| 16 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 15 there | advmod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 went | cc |
| 18 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 bloke | det |
| 19 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 went | nsubj |
| 20 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 unfair | conj |
| 21 | in | in | ADV | _ | 20 went | advmod |
| 22 | before | before | ADP | _ | 23 us | case |
| 23 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 went | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grumbles | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 grumbles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grumble speech: other | present | Your brother | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | a E | unfair, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | past | we | first, there property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go in in a quote | past | that bloke | before us | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before we=Location |
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: How do you put him right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 put | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | obj |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present · do-support | you | bloke | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The man must have paid extra to skip the queue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 paid | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 paid | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 paid | aux |
| 5 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | extra | extra | ADV | _ | 5 paid | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 skip | mark |
| 8 | skip | skip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 paid | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 queue | det |
| 10 | queue | queue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 skip | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | must · perfect | the man | extra property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | skip | to-infinitive | the man not said here | the queue | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queue=Agent |
Option 2
Grown-ups always go in before children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 go | advmod |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | go in | present | Grown ups | before children | always property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before child=Location |
Option 3
People who shout the loudest go in first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 go | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 shout | nsubj |
| 3 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 loudest | det |
| 5 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 shout | obj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | People | the loudest | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loud=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go in | present | People | first property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The nurse sends the most serious cases in first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 nurse | det |
| 2 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sends | nsubj |
| 3 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cases | det |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 serious | advmod |
| 6 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cases | amod |
| 7 | cases | case | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sends | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 first | case |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 sends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | the nurse | the serious cases | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent case=Theme in first=Destination |
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