Test 7 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

Why might you get cold sores from sharing a drink?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: get, share · To what, where: cold sores, drink

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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	4 get	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sores	amod
6	sores	sore	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obj
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 sharing	mark
8	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 get	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 drink	det
10	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sharing	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	might	you	cold sores					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sore=Stimulus
2	share	gerund	you not said here	a drink					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

The cup is too cold for the lips

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cup	det
2	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 cold	advmod
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 lips	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lips	det
8	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cup					for the lips; cold property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cold drinks with ice in them cause cold sores

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 drinks	amod
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cause	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 ice	case
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drinks	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ice	nmod
7	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sores	amod
9	sores	sore	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	Cold drinks with ice in them	cold sores					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sore=Patient

Option 3

Sharing makes you sad and sore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 makes	obj
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sore	cc
6	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund							tree rules
2	make	present		you				sad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The virus spreads through spit on the cup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 virus	det
2	virus	virus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spreads	nsubj
3	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	5 spit	case
5	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spreads	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 cup	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cup	det
8	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spreads	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	the virus			spit		on the cup	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through spit=Location

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