Test 4 · ★ · Getting better, caring for others and medicines

Which of these is the safest rule about medicine?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 rule	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 rule	case
3	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 rule	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rule	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rule	det
6	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 rule	amod
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 medicine	case
9	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rule	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 rule	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of the safest rule; about medicine	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

Take medicine whenever you feel tired or a bit low

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 feel	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 feel	nsubj
5	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	advcl
6	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 low	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bit	det
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 low	obl:unmarked
10	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tired	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	medicine					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme
2	feel	present	you					tired, whenever property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Only take medicine a trusted adult gives you

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	medicine		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme
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 3

Take medicine if a friend says it helped them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 helped	nsubj
8	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 helped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	medicine	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	a friend		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	help	past	friend	them = they	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary

Option 4

Take medicine if the box looks friendly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 looks	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 box	det
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looks	nsubj
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	advcl
7	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	medicine					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme
2	look a condition, not said to happen	present	the box					friendly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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