Test 3 · ★ · Eczema and other skin troubles
Mum's scared to use my steroid cream in case it thins my skin. What would the doctor say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, cream, doctor · What happens: be, use, thin, say · To what, where: steroid cream, skin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 15 «Eczema and other skin troubles» 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: Mum's scared to use my steroid cream in case it thins my skin.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 use | mark |
| 5 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 scared | xcomp |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 cream | nmod:poss |
| 7 | steroid | steroid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cream | compound |
| 8 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 use | obj |
| 9 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 12 thins | mark |
| 10 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 in | fixed |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 thins | nsubj |
| 12 | thins | thin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 use | advcl |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 skin | nmod:poss |
| 14 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 thins | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mum | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | to-infinitive | Mum not said here | my steroid cream | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Patient | ||||
| 3 | thin | present | cream | my skin | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skin=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.
Sentence 2: What would the doctor say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 doctor | det |
| 4 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | the doctor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Use the whole tube at once to get it over with
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tube | det |
| 3 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tube | amod |
| 4 | tube | tube | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Use | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 get | mark |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Use | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 get | obj |
| 10 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 get | compound:prt |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | the whole tube | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tube=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get over | to-infinitive | you not said here | tube | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2
Only use it on the healthy skin round the patch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 use | advmod |
| 2 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 use | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 skin | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 skin | det |
| 6 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 skin | amod |
| 7 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 use | obl |
| 8 | round | round | ADP | _ | 10 patch | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 patch | det |
| 10 | patch | patch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | it | the healthy skin | round the patch | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Used as directed, it's safe and doesn't thin the skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 safe | advcl |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 directed | mark |
| 3 | directed | direct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Used | advcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Used | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 safe | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 safe | cop |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 thin | cc |
| 9 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 thin | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 thin | advmod |
| 11 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 safe | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 skin | det |
| 13 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 safe | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | direct | participle | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | it | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not be | present · do-support | tree rules |
Option 4
She's right, never use it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 | _ | 6 use | punct |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 use | advmod |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not use | infinitive | it | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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