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Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body

Lily says "Uncle Joe's in recovery, so is he still in hospital?" What should she be told?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, Joe · What happens: say, be, tell · To what, where: hospital, Lily · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 5 «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: Lily says "Uncle Joe's in recovery, so is he still in hospital?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Joe	punct
4	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Joe	compound
5	Joe	Joe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Joe	case
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 recovery	case
8	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Joe	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hospital	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 hospital	advmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 hospital	cop
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hospital	nsubj
13	still	still	ADV	_	15 hospital	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 hospital	case
15	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Joe	appos
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 hospital	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 hospital	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Lily						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Joe			hospital	still		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.

Sentence 2: What should she be told?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 told	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	nsubj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should · passive		Lily					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he is in a recovery room after an operation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 room	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 room	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 room	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 room	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 room	det
7	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 room	compound
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 operation	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 operation	det
11	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 room	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			a recovery room	after a operation		tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it means he broke a bone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 broke	nsubj
6	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bone	det
8	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	break	past	he	a bone					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient

Option 3

No, it means he found something lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 found	nsubj
6	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 found	obj
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 something	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	find	past	he	something					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic
3	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Not always; it means he is staying off an addiction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 means	advmod
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 means	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 staying	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 staying	aux
8	staying	stay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 means	ccomp
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 staying	compound:prt
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 addiction	det
11	addiction	addiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 staying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mean	present	it					always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stay off	present · progressive	he	a addiction					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme addiction=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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