Test 7 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds

Why might a doctor ask, «When did the pain start?»

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doctor, pain · What happens: ask, start · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 ask	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 ask	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 doctor	det
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	nsubj
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 start	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 start	punct
8	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 start	advmod
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 start	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pain	det
11	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 start	nsubj
12	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ask	ccomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 ask	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	might	a doctor						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	start in a quote	past · do-support	the pain						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

It is only for writing the date on a form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 writing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 writing	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 writing	advmod
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 writing	mark
5	writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 date	det
7	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 writing	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 form	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 form	det
10	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 writing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · progressive	It	the date		a form			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent date=Theme on form=Destination

Option 2

It decides how long the visit lasts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 lasts	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 visit	det
6	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lasts	nsubj
7	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 decides	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	It						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	last	present	the visit					long property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Knowing when it began helps find the cause

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knowing	know	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 helps	csubj
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 began	advmod
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 began	nsubj
4	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Knowing	ccomp
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 helps	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know	gerund			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	begin	past	it		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	help	present	Knowing		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	find	infinitive	Knowing not said here	the cause	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Doctors like to check your memory is working well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 like	nsubj
2	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 check	mark
4	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 like	xcomp
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 memory	nmod:poss
6	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 working	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 working	aux
8	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 check	ccomp
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 working	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	like	present	Doctors		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	check not said to happen	to-infinitive	Doctors not said here		tree rules
3	work	present · progressive	your memory	well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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