Test 2 · Asthma and inhalers
Sam says people with asthma are just unfit. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, people · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 14 «Asthma and inhalers» 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: Sam says people with asthma are just unfit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 unfit | nsubj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 asthma | case |
| 5 | asthma | asthma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 people | nmod |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 unfit | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 unfit | advmod |
| 8 | unfit | unfit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Sam | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | people with asthma | unfit property | 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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 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 | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's right, they just need to train harder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 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 | _ | 7 need | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 need | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 need | advmod |
| 7 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 train | mark |
| 9 | train | train | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 need | xcomp |
| 10 | harder | hard | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 train | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | they | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | train not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | hard property | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Only unfit people ever get it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 unfit | advmod |
| 2 | unfit | unfit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 people | amod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 get | nsubj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 get | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | unfit people | it | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3
Asthma means you're lazy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asthma | asthma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 lazy | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lazy | cop |
| 5 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Asthma | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | you | lazy property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Asthma is about sensitive airways; many top athletes have it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asthma | asthma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 airways | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 airways | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 airways | advmod |
| 4 | sensitive | sensitive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 airways | amod |
| 5 | airways | airway | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 athletes | amod |
| 8 | top | top | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 athletes | amod |
| 9 | athletes | athlete | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 have | nsubj |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 airways | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Asthma | sensitive airways | about property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | have | present | many top athletes | Asthma | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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