Test 3 · ★ · Hospitals, operations and serious illness
Gran says, "Bert's having his knee done under a local, so he'll be awake for it." Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, Bert, knee · What happens: say, have, do, be · To what, where: knee, local · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Gran says, "Bert's having his knee done under a local, so he'll be awake for it."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 having | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 having | punct |
| 5 | Bert | Bert | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 having | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 having | aux |
| 7 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 knee | nmod:poss |
| 9 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 having | obj |
| 10 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 having | xcomp |
| 11 | under | under | ADP | _ | 13 local | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 local | det |
| 13 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 done | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 awake | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 awake | advmod |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 awake | nsubj |
| 17 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 awake | aux |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 awake | cop |
| 19 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 it | case |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 awake | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 awake | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 awake | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Gran | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present · progressive | Bert | Bert's knee | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do in a quote | participle | Bert's knee not said here | a local | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | future | Gran | for knee; awake property | tree rules |
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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He will be asleep the whole time and feel nothing at all
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 | 4 asleep | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 asleep | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asleep | cop |
| 4 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 time | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 time | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asleep | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 feel | cc |
| 9 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 asleep | conj |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 feel | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 all | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | He | time | asleep property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | feel | present | He not said here | nothing | all | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Location |
Option 2
He will have the operation in his own house
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 have | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 operation | det |
| 5 | operation | operation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 house | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 house | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 house | amod |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | future | He | the operation | his own house | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent operation=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Only his knee will be numb, and he will stay awake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 numb | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 knee | nmod:poss |
| 3 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 numb | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 numb | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 numb | cop |
| 6 | numb | numb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 stay | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 stay | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 stay | nsubj |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 stay | aux |
| 11 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 numb | conj |
| 12 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | his knee | numb property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | future | he | awake property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
He will feel all the pain because nothing is used
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 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 feel | aux |
| 3 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 pain | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pain | det |
| 6 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feel | obj |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 used | mark |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 used | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 used | aux:pass |
| 10 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 feel | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | future | He | all pain | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | present · passive | nothing | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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