Test 11 · ★ · How medicines work

Why did the doctor give you cream instead of a tablet for your rash?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: doctor · What happens: give · To what, where: cream, you

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 17 «How medicines work» 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	5 give	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doctor	det
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	11 tablet	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tablet	det
11	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 rash	case
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 rash	nmod:poss
14	rash	rash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	the doctor	cream	you			instead a tablet; for your rash	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient cream=Theme for rash=Asset

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

Tablets can't reach skin at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tablets	tablet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reach	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 reach	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 reach	advmod
4	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reach	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 reach	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not reach	can	Tablets	skin		all			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent skin=Theme at all=Asset

Option 2

Tablets are only for adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tablets	tablet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 adults	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 adults	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 adults	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 adults	case
5	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tablets					for adults	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cream works on the skin where it's needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 skin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skin	det
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 works	obl
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 needed	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 needed	nsubj:pass
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 needed	aux:pass
9	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 skin	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Cream					on the skin	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on skin=Theme
2	need	present · passive		Cream					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Cream is always stronger than any tablet you can swallow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stronger	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stronger	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 stronger	advmod
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 tablet	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 tablet	det
7	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stronger	obl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 swallow	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 swallow	aux
10	swallow	swallow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stronger	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cream					than any tablet; always, strong property	tree rules
2	swallow	can	you						vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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