Test 11 · Honey and the beekeeper's year

«my auntie's about to give the baby a spoon of honey for her cough» What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: auntie, you, her · What happens: be, give, do, cough · To what, where: baby

This is test 11 of lesson 344 «Honey and the beekeeper's year» 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	_	5 about	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 auntie	nmod:poss
3	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 about	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 about	cop
5	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 give	mark
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 about	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 baby	det
9	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 spoon	det
11	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 honey	case
13	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spoon	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 cough	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 cough	nmod:poss
16	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 about	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 do	obj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 do	aux
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 do	nsubj
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 about	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 about	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	my auntie		about property	tree rules
2	give in a quote	to-infinitive	my auntie not said here	the baby	for her cough	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent baby=Recipient spoon=Theme for cough=Asset
3	do	should	you			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
4	cough in a quote		her = she			nom cough «state transitive»: poss=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Tell a grown-up straight away, honey is not for babies under one

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 grown	det
3	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 grown	compound
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 babies	punct
9	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 babies	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 babies	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 babies	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 babies	case
13	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	parataxis
14	under	under	ADP	_	15 one	case
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 babies	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a grown				away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient
2	not is	present	honey					for babies; under one	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Give the baby more honey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 baby	det
3	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 honey	advmod
5	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	the baby					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent baby=Recipient honey=Theme

Option 3

Add some sugar so it works faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 sugar	det
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 works	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 works	nsubj
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Add	advcl
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 works	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	some sugar					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient
2	work	present	sugar					fast property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nothing, because honey is always safe and good for a cough at any age

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 safe	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	4 honey	case
4	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 safe	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 good	cc
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 safe	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 cough	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cough	det
12	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 safe	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 age	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 age	det
15	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cough	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing					for a cough at any age; always, safe property	tree rules
2	be		Nothing not said here						tree rules

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