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Test 1 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands

A boy in Leeds is nervous about the dentist. Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: be

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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 in Leeds is nervous about the dentist.

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	6 nervous	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Leeds	case
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 nervous	cop
6	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 dentist	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dentist	det
9	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nervous	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 nervous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a boy in Leeds					about the dentist; nervous 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.

Sentence 2: Which is true?

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	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

He must keep quiet and never ask questions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 keep	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	aux
3	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 keep	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ask	cc
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 ask	advmod
7	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 keep	conj
8	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	must	He					quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not ask speech: ask	infinitive	He not said here	questions					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

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

The dentist can explain each step and stop when he raises his hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dentist	det
2	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explain	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 explain	aux
4	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 step	det
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explain	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stop	cc
8	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 explain	conj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 raises	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 raises	nsubj
11	raises	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stop	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hand	nmod:poss
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 raises	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	can	the dentist	each step					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Topic
2	stop	present	the dentist not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	raise	present	dentist	dentist's hand					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 3

Being nervous means he cannot be treated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 nervous	cop
2	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 treated	nsubj:pass
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 treated	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 treated	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 treated	aux:pass
8	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						nervous property	tree rules
2	mean	present	nervous						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not treat	can · passive		he					vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 4

Dentists are not allowed to talk to children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dentists	dentist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 talk	mark
6	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Dentists					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	talk not said to happen	to-infinitive	Dentists not said here					to children	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to child=Co-Agent

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