Test 5 · Doctors, cuts and grazes
A boy is scared of the doctor's check-up. What can he know?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: be, know
This is test 5 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
Sentence 1: A boy is scared of the doctor's check-up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 scared | cop |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 up | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 doctor | det |
| 7 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 up | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 doctor | case |
| 9 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 up | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 up | punct |
| 11 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a boy | of the doctor's check up; scared property | 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.
Sentence 2: What can he know?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 know | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | can | boy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Doctors always give injections at check-ups
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 give | advmod |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | injections | injection | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 ups | case |
| 6 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ups | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 check | punct |
| 8 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Doctors | injections | check ups | always property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent injection=Theme at up=Asset |
Option 2
He can say no to every check-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 say | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | aux |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 say | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 up | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 up | det |
| 7 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 up | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 up | punct |
| 9 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 say | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | can | He | no | every check up | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to up=Recipient |
Option 3
Doctors look in your ears to clean them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 look | nsubj |
| 2 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 ears | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 ears | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 look | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 clean | mark |
| 7 | clean | clean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 look | advcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 clean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Doctors | in your ears | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in ear=Theme | ||||
| 2 | clean | to-infinitive | Doctors not said here | Doctors = doctor | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Looking in ears and throat does not hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 hurt | csubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 ears | case |
| 3 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Looking | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 throat | cc |
| 5 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ears | conj |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hurt | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 hurt | advmod |
| 8 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | in ears and throat | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in ear=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not hurt | present · do-support | Looking | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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