Test 8 · Doctors, cuts and grazes
In hospital a girl does not understand why she needs a drip. What can she do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: not understand, need, do · To what, where: hospital, drip · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: In hospital a girl does not understand why she needs a drip.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 hospital | case |
| 2 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 understand | obl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 understand | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 understand | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 understand | advmod |
| 7 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 needs | advmod |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 needs | nsubj |
| 10 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 understand | ccomp |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 drip | det |
| 12 | drip | drip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 needs | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 understand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not understand | present · do-support | a girl | hospital | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | need | present | girl | a drip | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drip=Theme |
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 she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Pull the drip out herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 drip | det |
| 3 | drip | drip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Pull | compound:prt |
| 5 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 1 Pull | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | imperative | you not said here | the drip | herself = she obl | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Ask the nurses or doctors to explain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 nurses | det |
| 3 | nurses | nurse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 doctors | cc |
| 5 | doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 nurses | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 explain | mark |
| 7 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the nurses or doctors | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nurse=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Wait until she is grown up to ask
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 grown | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 grown | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grown | aux:pass |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 grown | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 ask | mark |
| 8 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 grown | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | grow up | present · passive | she | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Stay silent because it is rude to ask
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 rude | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rude | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rude | cop |
| 6 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 ask | mark |
| 8 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 rude | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | silent property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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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