Test 18 · ★ · Facing fears

everyone's saying the flu jab at school has a needle THIS long n hurts for a week

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, saying, long n · What happens: say, have, hurt · To what, where: flu jab, school, needle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 has	csubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jab	det
5	flu	flu	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 jab	compound
6	jab	jab	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 jab	nmod
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 needle	det
11	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	obj
12	THIS	this	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 n	nmod:poss
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 n	amod
14	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hurts	nsubj
15	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 has	parataxis
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 week	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 week	det
18	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hurts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	the flu jab	school		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent jab=Topic
2	have	present	saying	a needle			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Patient
3	hurt	present	THIS's long n			week	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

It is true, so it is best to hide on jab day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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	_	8 best	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 best	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 best	expl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 best	cop
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 true	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 hide	mark
10	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 best	csubj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 day	case
12	jab	jab	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 day	compound
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		true property	tree rules
2	is	present			good property	tree rules
3	hide	to-infinitive		day		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A vaccination stings for only a second and protects you; the giant needle story is rumour

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 vaccination	det
2	vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stings	nsubj
3	stings	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 second	case
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 second	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 second	det
7	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stings	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 protects	cc
9	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stings	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 protects	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 rumour	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 story	det
13	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 story	amod
14	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 story	compound
15	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rumour	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 rumour	cop
17	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stings	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	sting	present	a vaccination			second	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	protect	present	a vaccination not said here		you		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary
3	is a	present	the giant needle story	rumour			tree rules

Option 3

It is true, but the pain is worth it, because it only lasts a week and then it is gone

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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	_	9 worth	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 worth	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pain	det
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 worth	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 worth	cop
9	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 true	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 worth	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lasts	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 lasts	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 lasts	nsubj
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 lasts	advmod
15	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 week	det
17	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lasts	obl:unmarked
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 gone	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 gone	advmod
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 gone	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 gone	cop
22	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 true	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		true property	tree rules
2	is	present	the pain		worth property	tree rules
3	last	present	pain	week		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	pain	then	gone property	tree rules

Option 4

Vaccines do not protect from anything anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 protect	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 protect	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 protect	advmod
4	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 anything	case
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 protect	obl
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 protect	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not protect	present · do-support	Vaccines					from anything; anyway property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent from anything=Theme

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