Test 12 · ★ · Food, drinks and feeling ill

hes coughing loads on his crisp, cant talk tho now, cant breathe

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: hes, his · What happens: cough, breathe, talk · To what, where: loads, crisp cant talk

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 81 «Food, drinks and feeling ill» 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	hes	he	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 breathe	nsubj
2	coughing	cough	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 hes	acl
3	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 coughing	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	9 talk	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 talk	nmod:poss
6	crisp	crisp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 talk	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crisp	punct
8	cant	cant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 talk	amod
9	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coughing	obl
10	tho	though	ADP	_	11 now	case
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 talk	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cant	punct
13	cant	cant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hes	conj
14	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cough	gerund	hes and cant not said here	loads	his crisp cant talk	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent load=Theme on talk=Destination
2	breathe	infinitive	hes and cant			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	talk		his = he			nom talk «communication intransitive»: 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

Give him water to wash it down quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wash	mark
5	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wash	obj
7	down	down	ADP	_	5 wash	compound:prt
8	quick	quick	ADV	_	5 wash	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	water	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient water=Theme
2	wash down	to-infinitive	you not said here	water				quick property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

Wait, he will cough it up soon, just give it a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cough	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cough	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cough	aux
5	cough	cough	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cough	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 cough	compound:prt
8	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 cough	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 give	punct
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 give	advmod
11	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 give	obj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 minute	det
14	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cough up	future	he	it		soon property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	give	infinitive	you not said here	it	minute		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Let him lie down and rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 lie	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rest	cc
6	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lie	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he	tree rules
2	lie down	infinitive	him = he not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	rest	infinitive	him = he not said here		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Shout for an adult and call the emergency number

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 adult	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 call	cc
6	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 number	det
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 number	compound
9	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					for a adult	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for adult=Recipient
2	call	infinitive	you not said here	the emergency number					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient

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