Test 7 · Asthma and inhalers
My cold's started and my asthma's getting worse. Is that weird?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: that · What happens: start, get, be · To what, where: cold
This is test 7 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: My cold's started and my asthma's getting worse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cold | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 started | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 started | aux:pass |
| 4 | started | start | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 getting | cc |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 asthma | nmod:poss |
| 7 | asthma | asthma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 getting | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 asthma | case |
| 9 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 started | conj |
| 10 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 getting | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 started | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present · passive | My cold | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | get | gerund | 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.
Sentence 2: Is that weird?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 weird | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 weird | nsubj |
| 3 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 weird | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | weird property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, colds are the commonest trigger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 trigger | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 trigger | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 trigger | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 trigger | det |
| 6 | commonest | common | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 trigger | amod |
| 7 | trigger | trigger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | colds | the commonest trigger | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, it means a new illness is starting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 illness | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 illness | amod |
| 7 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 starting | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 starting | aux |
| 9 | starting | start | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | start | present · progressive | a new illness | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
Yes, colds usually help asthma
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 help | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 help | nsubj |
| 4 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 5 help | advmod |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | asthma | asthma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | colds | asthma | usually property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asthma=Beneficiary |
Option 4
No, it means you're nearly cured
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 cured | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cured | aux:pass |
| 7 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 8 cured | advmod |
| 8 | cured | cure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cure | present · passive | you | nearly property | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source |
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