Test 9 · Asthma and inhalers
Why does the nurse make you blow into a tube at your check?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, your · What happens: make, blow, check · To what, where: you, tube
This is test 9 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 does | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 nurse | det |
| 4 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | blow | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 make | xcomp |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 tube | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 tube | det |
| 10 | tube | tube | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blow | obl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 check | case |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 check | nmod:poss |
| 13 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blow | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · do-support | you | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | blow | infinitive | you not said here | a tube | at your check | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into tube=Product | |||
| 3 | check | your | nom check «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |
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 · ← Mova's choice
To test how well you can sing and whistle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 test | mark |
| 2 | test | test | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 well | advmod |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 sing | advmod |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 sing | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 sing | aux |
| 7 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 test | advcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 whistle | cc |
| 9 | whistle | whistle | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 test | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | to-infinitive | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | can | you | well property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ||||
| 3 | whistle | infinitive | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To see how open your airways are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 see | mark |
| 2 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 open | advmod |
| 4 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 see | ccomp |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 airways | nmod:poss |
| 6 | airways | airway | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 open | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 open | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | your airways | open property | tree rules |
Option 3
To clean the dust out of your lungs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 clean | mark |
| 2 | clean | clean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dust | det |
| 4 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 clean | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 lungs | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 lungs | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 lungs | nmod:poss |
| 8 | lungs | lung | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 clean | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | to-infinitive | the dust | your lungs | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dust=Theme out lung=Source |
Option 4
To measure how tall you've grown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 measure | mark |
| 2 | measure | measure | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 tall | advmod |
| 4 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 measure | xcomp |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 grown | nsubj |
| 6 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 grown | aux |
| 7 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 measure | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | to-infinitive | tall property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grow | present · perfect | you | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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