Test 7 · ★ · Votes, parties and the people in charge
Your friend says «NHS means you pay the doctor yourself, innit.» Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, NHS, you · What happens: say, mean, pay, innit, put · To what, where: doctor, NHS · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 31 «Votes, parties and the people in charge» 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 friend says «NHS means you pay the doctor yourself, innit.»
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 5 | NHS | NHS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 pay | nsubj |
| 8 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 means | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 doctor | det |
| 10 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pay | obj |
| 11 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 pay | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 innit | punct |
| 13 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 pay | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | NHS | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | pay in a quote | present | you | the doctor | yourself obl | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Asset | |||
| 4 | innit in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | 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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | NHS | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1
No, NHS doctors are all volunteers who never earn anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 doctors | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | NHS | NHS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 doctors | compound |
| 4 | doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 volunteers | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 volunteers | cop |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 volunteers | det |
| 7 | volunteers | volunteer | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 earn | nsubj |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 earn | advmod |
| 10 | earn | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 volunteers | acl:relcl |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 earn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | NHS doctors | all volunteers | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not earn | present | all volunteers | anything | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, but only children have to pay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 have | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 have | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 children | advmod |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 pay | mark |
| 8 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 have | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | children | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | children not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, you pay the doctor every time you go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 pay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 pay | nsubj |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 doctor | det |
| 6 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pay | obj |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pay | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 go | nsubj |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 time | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | you | the doctor | time | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Asset | |||
| 2 | go | present | you | every time not said here | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, NHS care is free when you need it, paid by taxes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 free | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | NHS | NHS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 care | compound |
| 4 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 free | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 free | cop |
| 6 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 need | advmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 need | nsubj |
| 9 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 free | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 need | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 paid | punct |
| 12 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 free | parataxis |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 taxes | case |
| 14 | taxes | tax | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | NHS care | free property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | you | care | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pay | participle | by taxes | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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