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Test 8 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body

A report: "Adverse events rose by 10% at the clinic." What does that mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: report, that · What happens: rise, mean · To what, where: clinic

This is test 8 · ★ 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 report: "Adverse events rose by 10% at the clinic."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 report	det
2	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rose	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 rose	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 events	punct
5	Adverse	adverse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 events	amod
6	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rose	nsubj
7	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 %	case
9	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 %	nummod
10	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	7 rose	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 clinic	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 clinic	det
13	clinic	clinic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rose	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 rose	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 rose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise in a quote	past	a report			the clinic			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by %=Location

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 does that mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	that						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

More patients were harmed by treatment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 patients	amod
2	patients	patient	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harmed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 harmed	aux:pass
4	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 treatment	case
6	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	past · passive	treatment	More patients					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 2

More nurses were hired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 nurses	amod
2	nurses	nurse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hired	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hired	aux:pass
4	hired	hire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hire	past · passive		More nurses					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

More events were held at the clinic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 events	amod
2	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 held	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 clinic	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clinic	det
7	clinic	clinic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · passive		More events		the clinic			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at clinic=Location

Option 4

More patients came to the clinic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 patients	amod
2	patients	patient	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 clinic	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 clinic	det
6	clinic	clinic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	More patients			the clinic			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to clinic=Initial_Location

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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