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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."

nsubjappospunctpunctauxadvmodccompobjflatpunctnsubjauxconjnmod:possobjpunctpunctrootCousinNOUNJadePROPNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTDoAUXn'tPARThugVERBMrsPROPNPatelPROPN,PUNCTyouPRON'llAUXcatchVERBherPRONcancerNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
2JadeJadePROPNNumber=Sing1 Cousinappos
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_8 hugpunct
5""PUNCT_8 hugpunct
6DodoAUXMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin8 hugaux
7n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 hugadvmod
8hughugVERBVerbForm=Inf3 saysccomp
9MrsMrsPROPNNumber=Sing8 hugobj
10PatelPatelPROPNNumber=Sing9 Mrsflat
11,,PUNCT_14 catchpunct
12youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs14 catchnsubj
13'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin14 catchaux
14catchcatchVERBVerbForm=Inf8 hugconj
15herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 cancernmod:poss
16cancercancerNOUNNumber=Sing14 catchobj
17..PUNCT_8 hugpunct
18""PUNCT_8 hugpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentCousinvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2not hug in a quoteinfinitive · do-supportMrsvn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mrs=Co-Agent
3catch in a quotefutureyouCousin's cancervn 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?

copcompoundpunctrootIsAUXJadePROPNrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
2JadeJadePROPNNumber=Sing3 rightcompound
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Only children can catch it, so she is right

advmodnsubjauxobjpunctadvmodnsubjcopparataxisrootOnlyADVchildrenNOUNcanAUXcatchVERBitPRON,PUNCTsoADVshePRONisAUXrightADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 childrenadvmod
2childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur4 catchnsubj
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 catchaux
4catchcatchVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 catchobj
6,,PUNCT_10 rightpunct
7sosoADV_10 rightadvmod
8sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 rightnsubj
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 rightcop
10rightrightADJDegree=Pos4 catchparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1catchcanchildrenitvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2ispresentsheright propertytree rules

Option 2

Yes, hugging is the main way that cancer spreads from person to person

discoursepunctcsubjcopdetamodnsubjnsubjacl:relclcaseoblcaseoblrootYesINTJ,PUNCThuggingVERBisAUXtheDETmainADJwayNOUNthatPRONcancerNOUNspreadsVERBfromADPpersonNOUNtoADPpersonNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos3 huggingdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3hugginghugVERBVerbForm=Ger7 waycsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 waycop
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 waydet
6mainmainADJDegree=Pos7 wayamod
7waywayNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8thatthatPRONPronType=Rel10 spreadsnsubj
9cancercancerNOUNNumber=Sing10 spreadsnsubj
10spreadsspreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 wayacl:relcl
11fromfromADP_12 personcase
12personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing10 spreadsobl
13totoADP_14 personcase
14personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing10 spreadsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1huggerundvn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2is apresenthuggingthe main waytree rules
3spreadpresentthe main wayfrom person; to personvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, cancer cannot be caught from another person

discoursepunctnsubj:passauxadvmodaux:passcasedetoblrootNoINTJ,PUNCTcancerNOUNcanAUXnotPARTbeAUXcaughtVERBfromADPanotherDETpersonNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg7 caughtdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3cancercancerNOUNNumber=Sing7 caughtnsubj:pass
4cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin7 caughtaux
5notnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 caughtadvmod
6bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 caughtaux:pass
7caughtcatchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
8fromfromADP_10 personcase
9anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind10 persondet
10personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing7 caughtobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not catchcan · passivecancerfrom another personvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from person=Source

Option 4

Only if Mrs Patel has lost her hair

advmodmarknsubjflatauxnmod:possobjrootOnlyADVifSCONJMrsPROPNPatelPROPNhasAUXlostVERBherPRONhairNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_6 lostadvmod
2ififSCONJ_6 lostmark
3MrsMrsPROPNNumber=Sing6 lostnsubj
4PatelPatelPROPNNumber=Sing3 Mrsflat
5hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 lostaux
6lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
7herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 hairnmod:poss
8hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing6 lostobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1losepresent · perfectMrsMrs's hairvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality

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