Test 5 · ★★ · Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good and bad

Tom says his fever is the illness itself, so it must be cooled to zero at once. Right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, fever · What happens: say, be, cool · To what, where: illness, fever · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 63 «Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good and bad» 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

Sentence 1: Tom says his fever is the illness itself, so it must be cooled to zero at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fever	nmod:poss
4	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 illness	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 illness	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 illness	det
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	7 illness	nmod:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cooled	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 cooled	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cooled	nsubj:pass
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 cooled	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 cooled	aux:pass
14	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 says	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 zero	case
16	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 cooled	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 once	case
18	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 cooled	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Tom			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Tom's fever	the illness	fever nmod:unmarked	tree rules
3	cool	must · passive		fever	to zero	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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: Right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct

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

The options

Option 1

No, a fever means you are getting better already and it will stop soon

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fever	det
4	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 getting	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 getting	aux
8	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 means	ccomp
9	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 getting	xcomp
10	already	already	ADV	_	8 getting	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stop	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stop	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 stop	aux
14	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 getting	conj
15	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 stop	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a fever		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present · progressive	you	good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	stop	future	fever	soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

No, a fever is the body turning up its heat to help fight germs

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 body	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fever	det
4	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 body	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 body	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 body	acl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 turning	compound:prt
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 heat	nmod:poss
11	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turning	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 turning	advcl
14	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 help	xcomp
15	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fight	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a fever	the body	tree rules
2	turn up	gerund	the body not said here	fever's heat	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location heat=Theme
3	help	to-infinitive	the body not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	fight	infinitive	the body not said here	germs	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Co-Agent
5	heat		fever		nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Yes, a fever is a germ that lives in the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 germ	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fever	det
4	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 germ	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 germ	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 germ	det
7	germ	germ	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 lives	nsubj
9	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 germ	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 head	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 head	det
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a fever	a germ					tree rules
2	live	present	a germ			the head			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in head=Location

Option 4

Yes, body heat itself is a disease

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 heat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heat	compound
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disease	nsubj
5	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	4 heat	nmod:unmarked
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 disease	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 disease	det
8	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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