Test 3 · The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines

«the doc gave me a jab, does that mean I've got the disease now» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doc, that, I · What happens: give, mean, get, be · To what, where: jab, me, disease · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» of the biology 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doc	det
3	doc	doc	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 jab	det
7	jab	jab	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mean	punct
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mean	aux
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 mean	nsubj
11	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gave	conj
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 got	nsubj
13	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 got	aux
14	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 mean	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 disease	det
16	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 got	obj
17	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 got	advmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 got	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 got	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	past	the doc	a jab	me			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient jab=Theme
2	mean in a quote	present · do-support	that					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get in a quote	present · perfect	I	the disease		now		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer disease=Stimulus
4	is	present					right 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, a jab is just water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 water	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 jab	det
4	jab	jab	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 water	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 water	advmod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a jab	water					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, the vaccine only shows the body a harmless piece or weak form of the germ

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 shows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vaccine	det
4	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 shows	advmod
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 body	det
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 piece	det
10	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 piece	amod
11	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 form	cc
13	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 form	amod
14	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 piece	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 germ	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 germ	det
17	germ	germ	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the vaccine	a harmless piece or weak form of the germ	the body				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent body=Recipient piece=Topic
2	form			the germ					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Yes, a vaccine always gives you the full illness for a while, so you get it over

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 gives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 vaccine	det
4	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 gives	advmod
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 gives	iobj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 illness	det
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 illness	amod
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 while	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 while	det
13	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 illness	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 get	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 get	advmod
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 get	nsubj
17	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gives	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 get	obj
19	over	over	ADP	_	17 get	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	a vaccine	the full illness	you		for a while	always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient illness=Theme
2	get over	present	you	illness					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, but only for one week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 week	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 week	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 week	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 week	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 week	nummod
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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