Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fool…
Did the doctor say the sick bloke was done for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: doctor · What happens: say, do · To what, where: sick bloke · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» of the books 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 doctor | det |
| 3 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bloke | det |
| 6 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bloke | amod |
| 7 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 done | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 done | aux:pass |
| 9 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 say | ccomp |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 done | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | the doctor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | past · passive | the sick bloke | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, under a day left, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 left | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 left | punct |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 left | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 left | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 left | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 left | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | participle | day | mate vocative | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Nah, he's fine, innit mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 fine | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fine | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fine | cop |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mate | amod |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fine | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | innit mate vocative; fine property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, he'd got loads of time, bruv, but the lads were worried
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 got | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 loads | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bruv | punct |
| 10 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 time | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 worried | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 worried | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lads | det |
| 14 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 worried | nsubj |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 worried | cop |
| 16 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · perfect | he | loads of time and bruv | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the lads | worried property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, under a day left, so get the vicar round, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 left | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 left | punct |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 left | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 left | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 get | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 get | advmod |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 left | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 vicar | det |
| 11 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obj |
| 12 | round | round | ADV | _ | 9 get | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mate | punct |
| 14 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 left | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | participle | day | mate vocative | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | the vicar | round property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vicar=Stimulus |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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