Test 11 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help
The news: "More people are living longer with chronic illnesses like heart disease." What does chronic mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: More people · What happens: live, mean · To what, where: news
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» 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: The news: "More people are living longer with chronic illnesses like heart disease."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 news | det |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 living | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 living | punct |
| 5 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 people | amod |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 living | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 living | aux |
| 8 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 news | acl |
| 9 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 living | advmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 illnesses | case |
| 11 | chronic | chronic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 illnesses | amod |
| 12 | illnesses | illness | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 living | obl |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 disease | case |
| 14 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 disease | compound |
| 15 | disease | disease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 illnesses | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 news | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 news | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live in a quote | present · progressive | More people | the news not said here | with chronic illnesses like heart disease; long property | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme news=Location |
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: What does chronic mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | chronic | chronic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mean | amod |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Caught from other people on buses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 people | case |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Caught | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 buses | case |
| 6 | buses | bus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | participle | buses | from other people | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from people=Source |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Lasting a long time and often not curable
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lasting | last | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lasting | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 curable | cc |
| 6 | often | often | ADV | _ | 8 curable | advmod |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 curable | advmod |
| 8 | curable | curable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Lasting | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | gerund | time | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Only found in young children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 found | advmod |
| 2 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 children | case |
| 4 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 children | amod |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 found | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | participle | in young children | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Very short and quickly cured
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 short | advmod |
| 2 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 cured | cc |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 5 cured | advmod |
| 5 | cured | cure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 short | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | participle | quickly property | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer |
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