Test 7 · Poisonous plants to stay away from: berries, foxglove, yew…

«my nan says foxglove is a heart medicine, so it's healthy innit» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, foxglove, best answer · What happens: say, be · To what, where: heart medicine, healthy innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 392 «Poisonous plants to stay away from: berries, foxglove, yew and nightshade» 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 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	foxglove	foxglove	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 medicine	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 medicine	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 medicine	det
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 medicine	compound
9	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 innit	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 innit	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 innit	cop
14	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 innit	amod
15	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 says	ccomp
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 What	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 answer	det
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 answer	amod
21	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 What	nsubj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my nan		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	foxglove	a heart medicine	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	foxglove	healthy innit	tree rules
4	is a	present	the best answer		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

No, foxglove has nothing to do with the heart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 foxglove	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	foxglove	foxglove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 has	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 nothing	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 heart	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 heart	det
10	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	foxglove	nothing					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
2	do	to-infinitive	foxglove not said here	nothing not said here				with the heart	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Doctors measure the chemicals carefully; the plant itself is poisonous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 measure	nsubj
2	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chemicals	det
4	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 measure	obj
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	2 measure	advmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 poisonous	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plant	det
8	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 poisonous	nsubj
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	8 plant	nmod:unmarked
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 poisonous	cop
11	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 measure	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present	Doctors	the chemicals				carefully property	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme chemical=Value
2	is	present	the plant plant					poisonous property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, eating a few fresh foxglove flowers every day is good for your heart

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 good	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 good	csubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 flowers	det
5	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 flowers	amod
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 flowers	amod
7	foxglove	foxglove	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flowers	compound
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eating	obj
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eating	obl:unmarked
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 good	cop
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 heart	case
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 heart	nmod:poss
15	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 good	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund		a few fresh foxglove flowers			day		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient
2	is	present	eating					for your heart; good property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, but only the purple ones are healthy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 healthy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 ones	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 ones	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ones	det
6	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ones	amod
7	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 healthy	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 healthy	cop
9	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the purple ones					healthy property	tree rules

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