Test 10 · ★★ · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

Why might a doctor want a scan for a tummy pain in one spot that's getting worse with fever?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doctor, one spot · What happens: want, get · To what, where: scan

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Tummy bugs and tummy aches» of the medicine 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 want	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 want	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 doctor	det
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 want	nsubj
5	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 scan	det
7	scan	scan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 want	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 pain	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pain	det
10	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pain	compound
11	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 want	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 spot	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 spot	nummod
14	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pain	nmod
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 getting	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 getting	aux
17	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 spot	acl:relcl
18	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 getting	xcomp
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 fever	case
20	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 getting	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	might	a doctor	a scan				for a tummy pain in one spot	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot scan=Theme
2	get	present · progressive	one spot					with fever; bad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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

It's always just trapped wind

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	5 trapped	nsubj:pass
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trapped	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 trapped	advmod
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 trapped	advmod
5	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trapped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	present · passive		It				always property	tree rules

Option 2

Because tummies are see-through on a scan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 through	mark
2	tummies	tummy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 through	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 through	cop
4	see	see	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 through	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 through	punct
6	through	through	ADV	_	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 scan	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 scan	det
9	scan	scan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 through	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	tummies			a scan		through property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It could be appendicitis

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	4 appendicitis	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 appendicitis	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 appendicitis	cop
4	appendicitis	appendicitis	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	could	It	appendicitis					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To find any sweets he swallowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 sweets	det
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 find	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 swallowed	nsubj
6	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sweets	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		any sweets					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Topic
2	swallow	past	he	any sweets not said here					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient

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