Test 1 · ★ · Sharing, sleep and safe food
A boy in Dublin has a cold sore. Why should his sister not drink from his bottle?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, sister · What happens: have, not drink · To what, where: cold sore, bottle
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 209 «Sharing, sleep and safe food» 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 Dublin has a cold sore.
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 Dublin | case |
| 4 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sore | det |
| 7 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sore | amod |
| 8 | sore | sore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a boy in Dublin | a cold sore | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sore=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: Why should his sister not drink from his bottle?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 drink | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 drink | aux |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sister | nmod:poss |
| 4 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drink | nsubj |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 drink | advmod |
| 6 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 bottle | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bottle | nmod:poss |
| 9 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drink | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 drink | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not drink | should | boy's sister | boy's bottle | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from bottle=Source |
The options
Option 1
The bottle would make her cough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bottle | det |
| 2 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cough | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cough | cough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | would | the bottle | her cough | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material cough=Product | ||||
| 2 | cough | her = she | nom cough «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Cold sores are only on his skin and cannot spread
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sores | amod |
| 2 | sores | sore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 skin | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 skin | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 skin | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 skin | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 skin | nmod:poss |
| 7 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 spread | cc |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 spread | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 spread | advmod |
| 11 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 skin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Cold sores | his skin | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not spread | can | Cold sores not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Cold sores spread only through the air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sores | amod |
| 2 | sores | sore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 spread | nsubj |
| 3 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 spread | advmod |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 air | det |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spread | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | present | Cold sores | the air | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cold sores spread through spit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sores | amod |
| 2 | sores | sore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 spread | nsubj |
| 3 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 5 spit | case |
| 5 | spit | spit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spread | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | present | Cold sores | spit | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through spit=Location |
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