Test 16 · ★ · Getting better, caring for others and medicines

heard a girl took a whole bunch of her mum's tablets to get better faster and ended up in hospital, what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, hospital · What happens: hear, take, get, end up, be · To what, where: whole bunch, hospital, real lesson

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 82 «Getting better, caring for others and medicines» 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	advcl
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bunch	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bunch	amod
7	bunch	bunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 tablets	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mum	nmod:poss
10	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tablets	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 mum	case
12	tablets	tablet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bunch	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 get	mark
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 took	csubj
15	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 get	xcomp
16	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 get	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ended	cc
18	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	conj
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 ended	compound:prt
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 hospital	case
21	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ended	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 lesson	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 lesson	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 lesson	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 lesson	det
26	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lesson	amod
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 hospital	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past	a girl not said here			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	take	past	a girl	a whole bunch of girl's mum's tablets		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bunch=Theme
3	get	to-infinitive			fast, good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	end up	past	a girl not said here		in hospital and the real lesson result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in hospital=Result
5	is a	present	hospital and the real lesson	the real lesson		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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Only take medicine a trusted adult gives you, in the right dose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 take	advmod
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 adult	amod
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 take	advcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 gives	iobj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dose	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 dose	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dose	det
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dose	amod
13	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	medicine		the right dose	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent medicine=Value in dose=Location
2	trust	participle					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	give	present	a trusted adult		you		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2

Tablets only work if you take lots at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tablets	tablet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 work	advmod
3	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 take	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 take	nsubj
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 work	ccomp
7	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 take	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Tablets						tree rules
2	take a condition, not said to happen	present	you	lots					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent lot=Theme at once=Asset

Option 3

Medicine is safe if it is in the kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 kitchen	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 kitchen	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 kitchen	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 kitchen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kitchen	det
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Medicine					safe property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	Medicine			the kitchen			tree rules

Option 4

Mum's tablets are fine, just take fewer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tablets	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mum	case
3	tablets	tablet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fine	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 take	advmod
8	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	parataxis
9	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mum's tablets					fine property	tree rules
2	take	infinitive		fewer					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Theme

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