Test 7 · ★ · Hospitals, operations and serious illness
Grandpa jokes, "Doc says my pressure's through the roof, but I feel grand, so whatever." Why should he still listen?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Doc, pressure, my · What happens: say, be, feel, press, listen · To what, where: Grandpa jokes, roof · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Grandpa jokes, "Doc says my pressure's through the roof, but I feel grand, so whatever."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandpa | grandpa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jokes | compound |
| 2 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 says | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 jokes | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 5 | Doc | doc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 pressure | nmod:poss |
| 8 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 roof | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 roof | cop |
| 10 | through | through | ADP | _ | 12 roof | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 roof | det |
| 12 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 feel | punct |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 feel | cc |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 feel | nsubj |
| 16 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | conj |
| 17 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 feel | xcomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 whatever | punct |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 whatever | advmod |
| 20 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 says | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 whatever | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 whatever | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Doc | Grandpa jokes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent whatever=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | my pressure | the roof | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | feel in a quote | present | Doc | grand property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | press in a quote | my | nom pressure «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |
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 should he still listen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 listen | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 listen | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 listen | nsubj |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 listen | advmod |
| 5 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 listen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | should | Doc | still | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
High blood pressure will make him feel ill very soon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pressure | amod |
| 2 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pressure | compound |
| 3 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 make | xcomp |
| 8 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feel | xcomp |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 soon | advmod |
| 10 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 make | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | future | High blood pressure | him = he | soon property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | him = he not said here | ill property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
His roof needs mending before winter comes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 roof | nmod:poss |
| 2 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | mending | mend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 needs | xcomp |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 6 winter | case |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mending | obl |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 needs | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | His roof | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mend not said to happen | gerund | His roof not said here | winter | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come | present | His roof not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
High blood pressure harms the heart over years without warning signs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pressure | amod |
| 2 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pressure | compound |
| 3 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 harms | nsubj |
| 4 | harms | harm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 heart | det |
| 6 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 harms | obj |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 years | case |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 harms | obl |
| 9 | without | without | ADP | _ | 11 signs | case |
| 10 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 signs | compound |
| 11 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 harms | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harm | present | High blood pressure | the heart | year | without warning signs | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus heart=Experiencer |
Option 4
Feeling grand proves the doctor's machine is broken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feeling | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 proves | csubj |
| 2 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Feeling | xcomp |
| 3 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 doctor | det |
| 5 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 machine | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 doctor | case |
| 7 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 broken | aux:pass |
| 9 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 proves | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | gerund | grand property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | prove | present | Feeling | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | break | present · passive | the doctor's machine | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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