Test 4 · ★ · Sore backs, glasses and feeling low Gran grumbles, "Six months already? I only just went to the dentist." Why do dentists want you back so often?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, I, dentists · What happens: grumble, go, want back · To what, where: dentist, you
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 22 «Sore backs, glasses and feeling low» 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 grumbles, "Six months already?
nsubj punct punct nummod obl advmod punct root Gran PROPN grumbles VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Six NUM months NOUN already ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 2 grumbles nsubj 2 grumbles grumble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 months punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 months punct 5 Six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 months nummod 6 months month NOUN Number=Plur 2 grumbles obl 7 already already ADV _ 2 grumbles advmod 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 grumbles punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grumble speech: other present Gran month vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=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: I only just went to the dentist."
nsubj advmod advmod case det obl punct punct root I PRON only ADV just ADV went VERB to ADP the DET dentist NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 went nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 4 went advmod 3 just just ADV _ 4 went advmod 4 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to ADP _ 7 dentist case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 dentist det 7 dentist dentist NOUN Number=Sing 4 went obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 went punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 4 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go past I the dentist vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to dentist=Initial_Location
Sentence 3: Why do dentists want you back so often?
advmod aux nsubj obj advmod advmod advmod punct root Why ADV do AUX dentists NOUN want VERB you PRON back ADV so ADV often ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 want advmod 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 want aux 3 dentists dentist NOUN Number=Plur 4 want nsubj 4 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 want obj 6 back back ADV _ 4 want advmod 7 so so ADV _ 8 often advmod 8 often often ADV _ 4 want advmod 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want back present · do-support dentists you often property vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Regular checks find small problems early
amod nsubj amod obj advmod root Regular ADJ checks NOUN find VERB small ADJ problems NOUN early ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Regular regular ADJ Degree=Pos 2 checks amod 2 checks check NOUN Number=Plur 3 find nsubj 3 find find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 5 problems amod 5 problems problem NOUN Number=Plur 3 find obj 6 early early ADV Degree=Pos 3 find advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 find present Regular checks small problems early property vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic
Option 2 It is a rule that you must buy a toothbrush there
nsubj cop det nsubj nsubj aux acl:relcl det obj advmod root It PRON is AUX a DET rule NOUN that PRON you PRON must AUX buy VERB a DET toothbrush NOUN there ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 rule nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 rule cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 rule det 4 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 8 buy nsubj 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 buy nsubj 7 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 buy aux 8 buy buy VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 rule acl:relcl 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 toothbrush det 10 toothbrush toothbrush NOUN Number=Sing 8 buy obj 11 there there ADV PronType=Dem 8 buy advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a rule tree rules 2 buy must a rule a toothbrush there vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toothbrush=Theme
Option 3 Dentists need to count your teeth for the council
nsubj mark xcomp nmod:poss obj case det obl root Dentists NOUN need VERB to PART count VERB your PRON teeth NOUN for ADP the DET council NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dentists dentist NOUN Number=Plur 2 need nsubj 2 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 count mark 4 count count VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 need xcomp 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 teeth nmod:poss 6 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 4 count obj 7 for for ADP _ 9 council case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 council det 9 council council NOUN Number=Sing 4 count obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present Dentists vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 count not said to happen to-infinitive Dentists not said here your teeth for the council vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Teeth fall out unless the dentist checks them
nsubj compound:prt mark det nsubj advcl obj root Teeth NOUN fall VERB out ADP unless SCONJ the DET dentist NOUN checks VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 2 fall nsubj 2 fall fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 out out ADP _ 2 fall compound:prt 4 unless unless SCONJ _ 7 checks mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 dentist det 6 dentist dentist NOUN Number=Sing 7 checks nsubj 7 checks check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 fall advcl 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 checks obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall out present Teeth vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 check a condition, not said to happen present the dentist Teeth = tooth vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
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