Test 2 · ★ · Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals

A boy in Manchester has the same cough as his sister. Can he take her cough medicine?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, Manchester · What happens: have, take, medicine · To what, where: same cough, cough medicine

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 114 «Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals» of the everyday 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 boy in Manchester has the same cough as his sister.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Manchester	case
4	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cough	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cough	amod
8	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 sister	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sister	nmod:poss
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cough	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a boy in Manchester	the same cough				as boy's sister	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cough=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: Can he take her cough medicine?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 take	nsubj
3	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 medicine	nmod:poss
5	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 medicine	compound
6	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	can	boy	Manchester's cough medicine					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme
2	medicine		Manchester						nom medicine «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the same cough means he needs exactly the same medicine as her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cough	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cough	amod
5	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 needs	advcl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 needs	nsubj
8	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	12 medicine	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 medicine	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 medicine	amod
12	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needs	obj
13	as	as	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 needs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the same cough						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	need	present	cough	the same medicine				as her = she	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot medicine=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, he asks a grown-up, because medicine is chosen for each person

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 asks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 asks	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asks	nsubj
4	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 asks	obj
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 a	acl
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 grown	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 chosen	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 chosen	mark
11	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chosen	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 chosen	aux:pass
13	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 asks	parataxis
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 person	case
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	16 person	det
16	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chosen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	he	a		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent a=Recipient
2	grow up	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	choose	present · passive		medicine	for each person	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for person=Beneficiary

Option 3

Yes, if the bottle is nearly empty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 empty	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 empty	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bottle	det
5	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 empty	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 empty	cop
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 empty	advmod
8	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the bottle					empty, nearly property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, if he takes a smaller spoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 takes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 takes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 takes	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 takes	nsubj
5	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spoon	det
7	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 spoon	amod
8	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	he	a smaller spoon					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoon=Theme

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