Test 4 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…
A boy tells the doctor «I feel bad» but nothing more. What would help the doctor most?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: tell, feel, help · To what, where: doctor · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and crowds» 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 tells the doctor «I feel bad» but nothing more.
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 | 3 tells | nsubj |
| 3 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 doctor | det |
| 5 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tells | obj |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 feel | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 feel | nsubj |
| 8 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tells | ccomp |
| 9 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 feel | xcomp |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 feel | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 more | cc |
| 12 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 13 more | nsubj |
| 13 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 feel | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 tells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | a boy | the doctor | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | feel in a quote | present | a boy = boy | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What would help the doctor most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 doctor | det |
| 5 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 help | obj |
| 6 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 help | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | the doctor | most property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1
Saying «I feel bad» more loudly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Saying | ccomp |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 feel | xcomp |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 loudly | advmod |
| 8 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 4 feel | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | feel in a quote | present | I | bad, loudly property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Asking for medicine without explaining
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 medicine | case |
| 3 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obl |
| 4 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 5 explaining | mark |
| 5 | explaining | explain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Asking | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | for medicine | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert | gerund | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Waiting for the doctor to guess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 doctor | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 doctor | det |
| 4 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Waiting | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 guess | mark |
| 6 | guess | guess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Waiting | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | gerund | for the doctor | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | guess | to-infinitive | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Saying exactly where it hurts and how it feels
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 hurts | csubj |
| 2 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 hurts | advmod |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 5 hurts | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hurts | nsubj |
| 5 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 feels | cc |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 feels | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 feels | nsubj |
| 9 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurts | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | hurt | present | it | exactly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | feel | present | it | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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