Test 17 · ★ · Getting better, caring for others and medicines

my uncle says "feed a cold, starve a fever" so i shouldn't eat with my temp, true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, i · What happens: say, feed, starve, not eat · To what, where: cold, fever · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 feed	punct
5	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cold	det
7	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 starve	punct
9	starve	starve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 feed	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fever	det
11	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 starve	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 feed	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 eat	advmod
14	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 eat	nsubj
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 eat	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 eat	advmod
17	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 temp	case
19	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 temp	nmod:poss
20	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 eat	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 true	punct
22	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 temp	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my uncle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feed in a quote	infinitive		a cold		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Recipient
3	starve in a quote	infinitive		a fever		tree rules
4	not eat	should	i		with my temp	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

True, starve both a cold and a fever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 starve	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 starve	punct
3	starve	starve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	both	both	CCONJ	_	6 cold	cc:preconj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cold	det
6	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 starve	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fever	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fever	det
9	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	starve	imperative	you not said here	a cold and a fever					tree rules

Option 2

True, eating makes a fever much worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eating	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 eating	punct
3	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fever	det
6	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 worse	advmod
8	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present		a fever				bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fever=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A myth; with a cold or fever you eat what you can and drink plenty

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 myth	det
2	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 eat	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 cold	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cold	det
6	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 eat	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 fever	cc
8	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cold	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 eat	nsubj
10	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 myth	parataxis
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 eat	obj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 can	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 what	acl:relcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 drink	cc
15	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 eat	conj
16	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 drink	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	you	a myth				with a cold or fever	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
2	drink	infinitive	you not said here	plenty					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient

Option 4

True, but you must not drink anything either

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 drink	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 drink	cc
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 drink	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 drink	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 drink	advmod
7	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 True	conj
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 drink	obj
9	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 drink	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drink	must	you	anything				either property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient

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