Test 4 · ★ · Hospitals, operations and serious illness
Cousin Jade says, "Don't hug Mrs Patel, you'll catch her cancer." Is Jade right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cousin, you · What happens: say, not hug, catch, be · To what, where: Mrs, cancer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Cousin Jade says, "Don't hug Mrs Patel, you'll catch her cancer."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 2 | Jade | Jade | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Cousin | appos |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 hug | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 hug | punct |
| 6 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 hug | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 hug | advmod |
| 8 | hug | hug | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 hug | obj |
| 10 | Patel | Patel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Mrs | flat |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 catch | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 catch | nsubj |
| 13 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 catch | aux |
| 14 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 hug | conj |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 cancer | nmod:poss |
| 16 | cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 catch | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 hug | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 hug | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not hug in a quote | infinitive · do-support | Mrs | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mrs=Co-Agent | |||||
| 3 | catch in a quote | future | you | Cousin's cancer | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cancer=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: Is Jade right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | Jade | Jade | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 right | compound |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only children can catch it, so she is right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 children | advmod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 catch | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 catch | aux |
| 4 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 catch | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 right | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 right | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 right | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 right | cop |
| 10 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 catch | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | can | children | it | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | she | right property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, hugging is the main way that cancer spreads from person to person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 hugging | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | hugging | hug | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 way | csubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 way | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 way | det |
| 6 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 way | amod |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 spreads | nsubj |
| 9 | cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 spreads | nsubj |
| 10 | spreads | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 way | acl:relcl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 person | case |
| 12 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 spreads | obl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 person | case |
| 14 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 spreads | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hug | gerund | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | hugging | the main way | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | spread | present | the main way | from person; to person | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, cancer cannot be caught from another person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 caught | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 caught | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 caught | aux:pass |
| 7 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 person | case |
| 9 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 person | det |
| 10 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not catch | can · passive | cancer | from another person | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from person=Source |
Option 4
Only if Mrs Patel has lost her hair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 lost | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 lost | mark |
| 3 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | Patel | Patel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Mrs | flat |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | aux |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hair | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · perfect | Mrs | Mrs's hair | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality |
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