Test 12 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds

did u hear a kid told the doctor his tummy "was fine" cos he was scared of jabs and "it turned out his appendix burst". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, tummy · What happens: hear, tell, be, turn out, burst · To what, where: lesson, doctor, appendix burst · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together in 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doctor	det
8	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	iobj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tummy	nmod:poss
10	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fine	nsubj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 tummy	punct
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 fine	cop
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 told	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 fine	punct
15	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	18 scared	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 scared	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 scared	cop
18	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fine	advcl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 jabs	case
20	jabs	jab	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 scared	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 turned	cc
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 turned	punct
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 turned	nsubj
24	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 fine	conj
25	out	out	ADP	_	24 turned	compound:prt
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 burst	nmod:poss
27	appendix	appendix	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 burst	compound
28	burst	burst	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 turned	obj
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	28 burst	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
31	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
32	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	past	a kid		the doctor		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient
3	is in a quote	past	kid's tummy			fine property	tree rules
4	is	past	kid			of jabs; scared property	tree rules
5	turn out in a quote	past	tummy	kid's appendix burst			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location burst=Theme
6	burst in a quote		kid				nom burst «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

Play it down so you can go home quicker and skip the jabs and the waiting

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Play	obj
3	down	down	ADP	_	1 Play	compound:prt
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 go	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 go	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Play	advcl
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	quicker	quick	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 go	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 skip	cc
11	skip	skip	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Play	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 jabs	det
13	jabs	jab	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 skip	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 waiting	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 waiting	det
16	waiting	waiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 jabs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	play down	imperative	you not said here	it		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	go	can	you		home, quick property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	skip	infinitive	you not said here	the jabs and the waiting		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jab=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell the doctor the truth about your pain; hidden pain is found late

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doctor	det
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 truth	det
5	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 pain	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pain	nmod:poss
8	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 truth	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 found	punct
10	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 pain	amod
11	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 found	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 found	aux:pass
13	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	advcl
14	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 found	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the doctor		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient truth=Topic
2	hide	participle				vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	find	present · passive		hidden pain	late property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
4	pain		your			nom pain «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Only say it hurts if it's bleeding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 say	advmod
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hurts	nsubj
4	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 bleeding	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bleeding	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bleeding	cop
8	bleeding	bleeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hurts	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hurt	present	it		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
3	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	it	bleeding	tree rules

Option 4

Doctors can feel your pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feel	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	aux
3	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pain	nmod:poss
5	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	can	Doctors	your pain					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme
2	pain		your						nom pain «state transitive»: poss=agent

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