Test 8 · ★ · Sore backs, glasses and feeling low

Your cousin whispers, "Uncle sees a shrink, he must be mad." How do you put her right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, Uncle, you · What happens: whisper, see, be, put · To what, where: shrink, cousin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Your cousin whispers, "Uncle sees a shrink, he must be mad."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispers	nsubj
3	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sees	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 sees	punct
6	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sees	nsubj
7	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 whispers	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shrink	det
9	shrink	shrink	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sees	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mad	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 mad	nsubj
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 mad	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 mad	cop
14	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 whispers	parataxis
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 mad	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	present	Your cousin			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see in a quote	present	Uncle	a shrink		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shrink=Stimulus
3	is in a quote	must	Uncle		mad 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: How do you put her right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 put	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present · do-support	you		cousin			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Seeing a counsellor is a normal way to look after the mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 way	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 counsellor	det
3	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seeing	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 look	mark
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	acl
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 mind	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mind	det
12	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	see	gerund		a counsellor		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer counsellor=Stimulus
2	is a	present	Seeing	a normal way		tree rules
3	look	to-infinitive			after the mind	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Only very dangerous people talk to counsellors, so she is right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 dangerous	advmod
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 dangerous	advmod
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 talk	nsubj
5	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 counsellors	case
7	counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 talk	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 right	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 right	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 talk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	dangerous people					to counsellors	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to counsellor=Co-Agent
2	is	present	she					right property	tree rules

Option 3

She is right and you should keep away from him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 keep	cc
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 keep	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	keep away	should	you					from him = he; away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from he=Eventuality

Option 4

Counsellors are doctors who fix broken legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 doctors	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doctors	cop
3	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 fix	nsubj
5	fix	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doctors	acl:relcl
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 legs	amod
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Counsellors	doctors	tree rules
2	fix	present	doctors	broken legs	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
3	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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