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Test 7 · ★ · Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers

A doctor says your fever is a punishment from Zeus. What would Hippocrates say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: doctor, fever, Hippocrates · What happens: say, be · To what, where: punishment, Zeus · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 12 «Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers» of the history 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 doctor says your fever is a punishment from Zeus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fever	nmod:poss
5	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 punishment	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 punishment	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 punishment	det
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 Zeus	case
10	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 punishment	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a doctor						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	your fever	a punishment		Zeus			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 would Hippocrates say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	Hippocrates	Hippocrates	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	Hippocrates						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Look for the natural cause of the illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 cause	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
4	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 illness	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 illness	det
8	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					for the natural cause of the illness	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for cause=Theme
2	cause			the illness					nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Fevers are caused by sitting too long in the theatre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fevers	fever	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 sitting	mark
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 caused	advcl
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 sitting	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 theatre	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 theatre	det
10	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive		Fevers					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	sit	gerund				the theatre		long property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in theatre=Location

Option 3

Zeus is right, as always

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	zeus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 always	case
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Zeus					right property	tree rules

Option 4

Pray to Zeus and do nothing else at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 Zeus	case
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Pray	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 do	cc
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pray	conj
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 do	obj
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 nothing	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	imperative	you not said here		Zeus				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	do	present	you not said here	nothing		all			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

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