Test 6 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body
A hospital letter: "Your procedure is booked for Monday." What will happen on Monday?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hospital letter, Your · What happens: book, proceed, happen · To what, where: procedure
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» of the euphemisms 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: A hospital letter: "Your procedure is booked for Monday."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 letter | det |
| 2 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 letter | compound |
| 3 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 booked | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 booked | punct |
| 6 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 procedure | nmod:poss |
| 7 | procedure | procedure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 booked | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 booked | aux:pass |
| 9 | booked | book | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 letter | acl:relcl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 Monday | case |
| 11 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 booked | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 letter | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 letter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | book in a quote | present · passive | a hospital letter not said here | Your procedure | monday | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | proceed in a quote | Your | nom procedure «act intransitive»: 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.
Sentence 2: What will happen on Monday?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 Monday | case |
| 5 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 happen | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | monday | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You will have an operation
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 operation | det |
| 5 | operation | operation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | future | You | a operation | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent operation=Patient |
Option 2
You will have a holiday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 holiday | det |
| 5 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | future | You | a holiday | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holiday=Patient |
Option 3
You will see a film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 see | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | aux |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 film | det |
| 5 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | future | You | a film | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus |
Option 4
You will pay a bill at the hospital
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pay | aux |
| 3 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bill | det |
| 5 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pay | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 hospital | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hospital | det |
| 8 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | future | You | a bill | the hospital | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset |
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