Test 7 · ★ · COVID and staying home
In a film, a girl sniffs once and says "it's COVID, not a cold". What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, film · What happens: sniff, say, be · To what, where: COVID · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 12 «COVID and staying home» 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
Sentence 1: In a film, a girl sniffs once and says "it's COVID, not a cold".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sniffs | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sniffs | nsubj |
| 7 | sniffs | sniff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 sniffs | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 says | cc |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sniffs | conj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 COVID | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 COVID | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 COVID | cop |
| 14 | COVID | COVID | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 says | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 cold | punct |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 cold | advmod |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 cold | det |
| 18 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 COVID | appos |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 cold | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sniffs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sniff | present | a girl | in a film; once property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in film=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a girl not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | film | COVID | 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's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Only a test can tell them apart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 test | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 test | det |
| 3 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 tell | aux |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tell | iobj |
| 7 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 5 tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | can | a test | them = they | apart property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
Option 2
Nothing, one sniff shows it clearly enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 sniff | nummod |
| 4 | sniff | sniff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shows | nsubj |
| 5 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shows | obj |
| 7 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 5 shows | advmod |
| 8 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 5 shows | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Nothing | sniff | clearly, enough property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
Option 3
COVID makes you sneeze purple
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COVID | COVID | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | sneeze | sneeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 5 | purple | purple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sneeze | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | COVID | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sneeze | infinitive | you not said here | purple property | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Colds don't ever make you sniff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 make | advmod |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 make | advmod |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | sniff | sniff | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present · do-support | Colds | you | ever | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not sniff | infinitive | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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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