Test 8 · The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numb…

Before 1816, how did a doctor usually listen to a patient's heart?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: do, listen · To what, where: doctor

This is test 8 of lesson 261 «The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numbers» 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	Before	before	ADP	_	2 1816	case
2	1816	1816	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 did	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 doctor	det
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
8	usually	usually	ADV	_	9 listen	advmod
9	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 heart	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 patient	det
12	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 heart	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 patient	case
14	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 listen	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		a doctor			before 1816		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Eventuality
2	listen	present						to a patient's heart; usually property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to heart=Theme

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

By squeezing the patient's wrist very hard and counting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 squeezing	mark
2	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 patient	det
4	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrist	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 patient	case
6	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 squeezing	obj
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 hard	advmod
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 squeezing	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 counting	cc
10	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 squeezing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	gerund		the patient's wrist				hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrist=Theme
2	count	gerund							vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

By tapping the head with a hammer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 tapping	mark
2	tapping	tap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 head	det
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tapping	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 hammer	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hammer	det
7	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tapping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tap	gerund		the head				with a hammer	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent head=Patient with hammer=Instrument

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By putting an ear straight onto the chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 putting	mark
2	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ear	det
4	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 putting	obj
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	2 putting	advmod
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 chest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chest	det
8	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 putting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	gerund		a ear		the chest		straight property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ear=Goal

Option 4

By looking into the mouth with a lamp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 looking	mark
2	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 mouth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mouth	det
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looking	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 lamp	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lamp	det
8	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund						with a lamp; into the mouth	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into mouth=Theme

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