Test 6 · Asthma and inhalers

What would happen if Leo didn't use a spacer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo · What happens: happen, not use · To what, where: spacer

This is test 6 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 use	mark
5	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 use	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 use	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 use	advmod
8	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 happen	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 spacer	det
10	spacer	spacer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 use	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not use a condition, not said to happen	past · do-support	Leo	a spacer					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spacer=Patient

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

The inhaler would explode

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 inhaler	det
2	inhaler	inhaler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explode	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 explode	aux
4	explode	explode	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explode	would	the inhaler						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

More medicine might stick in his mouth instead of reaching his lungs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 medicine	amod
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stick	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stick	aux
4	stick	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mouth	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mouth	nmod:poss
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stick	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 reaching	mark
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stick	advcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lungs	nmod:poss
12	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 reaching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	might	More medicine			medicine's mouth			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in mouth=Destination
2	reach	gerund	More medicine not said here	medicine's lungs					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent lung=Theme

Option 3

He'd catch a cold from the inhaler

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 catch	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 catch	aux
3	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cold	det
5	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 catch	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 inhaler	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 inhaler	det
8	inhaler	inhaler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	would	He	a cold		the inhaler			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cold=Theme from inhaler=Source

Option 4

Nothing would reach his mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 reach	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 reach	aux
3	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mouth	nmod:poss
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	would	Nothing	his mouth					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme

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