Test 2 · ★ · Getting better, caring for others and medicines
An auntie wants to give a 10-year-old aspirin for a headache. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: auntie · What happens: want, give, be · To what, where: old aspirin
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: An auntie wants to give a 10-year-old aspirin for a headache.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 auntie | det |
| 2 | auntie | auntie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 give | mark |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 aspirin | det |
| 7 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 year | nummod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 10 | punct |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 old | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 year | punct |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 aspirin | amod |
| 12 | aspirin | aspirin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 headache | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 headache | det |
| 15 | headache | headache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 aspirin | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a auntie | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | give not said to happen | to-infinitive | a auntie not said here | a old aspirin | for a headache | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent aspirin=Theme for headache=Asset |
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: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 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
Aspirin is fine if you take two tablets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aspirin | aspirin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 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 fine | advcl |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 tablets | nummod |
| 8 | tablets | tablet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Aspirin | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take a condition, not said to happen | present | you | two tablets | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Theme |
Option 2
Aspirin only matters for babies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aspirin | aspirin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 matters | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 matters | advmod |
| 3 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 babies | case |
| 5 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 matters | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | Aspirin | for babies | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Aspirin is the best and safest medicine for children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aspirin | aspirin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 medicine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 medicine | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 medicine | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 medicine | amod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 safest | cc |
| 6 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 best | conj |
| 7 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 children | case |
| 9 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 medicine | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Aspirin | the best medicine | for children | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Aspirin is not for under-16s unless a doctor says
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aspirin | aspirin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 16s | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 16s | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 16s | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 16s | case |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 16s | case |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 under | punct |
| 7 | 16s | 16 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | root | root |
| 8 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 11 says | mark |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 doctor | det |
| 10 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 says | nsubj |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 16s | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Aspirin | for 16s | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | present | a doctor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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