Test 7 · ★ · Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel…

Which is true about medicines?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 medicines	case
5	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about medicines; true property	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.

The options

Option 1

A child can choose their own dose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choose	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 choose	aux
4	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dose	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dose	amod
7	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	can	a child	their own dose					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dose=Theme

Option 2

Adult medicines work better on children because they are stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 medicines	amod
2	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	nsubj
3	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 work	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	obl
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 stronger	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stronger	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stronger	cop
10	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 work	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Adult medicines					on children; well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on child=Theme
2	is	present	medicines = medicine					strong property	tree rules

Option 3

Half an adult tablet is always safe for a child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	4 tablet	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tablet	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tablet	compound
4	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 safe	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 safe	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 child	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	half adult tablet					for a child; always, safe property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Children's medicines have special doses and adult medicines can harm children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 medicines	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Children	case
3	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 doses	amod
6	doses	dose	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 harm	cc
8	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 medicines	amod
9	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 harm	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 harm	aux
11	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	conj
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 harm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	present	Children's medicines	special doses	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dose=Patient
2	harm	can	adult medicines	children	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
3	medicine		Children		nom medicine «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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