Test 17 · Doctors, cuts and grazes

my cousin reckons the doctor at the check-up stuck a stick down her throat for an hour n it hurt like mad

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, check up · What happens: reckon, stick, hurt · To what, where: doctor, stick, hour n

This is test 17 of lesson 83 «Doctors, cuts and grazes» 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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 doctor	det
5	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	obj
6	at	at	SCONJ	_	11 stuck	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 up	det
8	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 up	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 up	punct
10	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stuck	nsubj
11	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 stick	det
13	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stuck	obj
14	down	down	ADP	_	16 throat	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 throat	nmod:poss
16	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stuck	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 n	case
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 n	det
19	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 n	compound
20	n	n	NOUN	_	11 stuck	obl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 hurt	nsubj
22	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 n	acl:relcl
23	like	like	ADP	_	24 mad	case
24	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my cousin	the doctor		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent doctor=Attribute
2	stick	past	the check up	a stick	down up's throat; for a hour n	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stick=Theme
3	hurt	past	cousin	a hour n not said here	like mad	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer n=Patient

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

Throat checks always hurt, so it is probably true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hurt	nsubj:pass
2	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	aux:pass
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 hurt	advmod
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 true	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 true	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 true	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 true	cop
9	probably	probably	ADV	_	10 true	advmod
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hurt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive		Throat				always property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is	present	Throat					probably, true property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A throat check takes seconds and does not hurt, so the hour bit is surely made up

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 check	det
2	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 check	compound
3	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 takes	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hurt	cc
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hurt	advmod
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 takes	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 made	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	17 made	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bit	det
13	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bit	compound
14	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 made	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 made	aux:pass
16	surely	surely	ADV	_	17 made	advmod
17	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 takes	parataxis
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 made	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	a throat check		second		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not hurt	present · do-support	a throat check not said here				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	make up	present · passive		the hour bit		surely property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Doctors only look at throats when something is broken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 look	advmod
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 throats	case
5	throats	throat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 broken	mark
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 broken	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 broken	aux:pass
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 look	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	Doctors					at throats	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at throat=Theme
2	break	present · passive		something					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

She should refuse every check-up from now on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 refuse	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 refuse	aux
3	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 up	det
5	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 up	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 up	punct
7	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refuse	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 now	case
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 refuse	obl
10	on	on	ADV	_	3 refuse	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	should	She	every check up					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Theme

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