Test 16 · ★ · Sharing, sleep and safe food

sis says she'll share my drink, she's got a cold

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sis · What happens: say, share, get · To what, where: drink, cold · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 share	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 share	aux
5	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 drink	nmod:poss
7	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 share	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 got	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 got	aux
11	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 says	parataxis
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cold	det
13	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	sis		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	share	future	sis	my drink	tree rules
3	get	present · passive	sis	a cold	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cold=Stimulus

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, colds don't spread that way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 spread	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spread	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 spread	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 spread	advmod
6	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not spread	present · do-support	colds	that way					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

Option 2

Only if she drinks first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 drinks	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 drinks	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drinks	nsubj
4	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 drinks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	she					first property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, sharing drinks actually helps stop colds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 sharing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 helps	csubj
4	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sharing	obj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	3 sharing	advmod
6	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 helps	xcomp
8	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	share	gerund		drinks	actually property	tree rules
2	help	present	sharing			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	stop	infinitive	sharing not said here	colds		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality cold=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Better not, colds pass from shared cups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 pass	advmod
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Better	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Better	punct
4	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pass	nsubj
5	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 cups	case
7	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cups	amod
8	cups	cup	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	colds			shared cups		well property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from cup=Initial_Location
2	share	participle							tree rules

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