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Test 2 · ★ · How medicines work

My brother asks how the tablet knows to go to his head. What do you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, tablet, you · What happens: ask, know, go, tell · To what, where: head, tablet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: My brother asks how the tablet knows to go to his head.

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 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 knows	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tablet	det
6	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knows	nsubj
7	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 go	mark
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 knows	ccomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 head	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	My brother						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	know	present	the tablet						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	go	to-infinitive				tablet's head			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to head=Initial_Location

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 do you tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	you		tablet				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The brain calls it up when it hurts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 brain	det
2	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	nsubj
3	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 calls	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 calls	compound:prt
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 hurts	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hurts	nsubj
8	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 calls	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call up speech: assert	present	the brain	it					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2	hurt	present	brain						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It goes everywhere in the blood and acts where it fits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 goes	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 blood	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 blood	det
6	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 acts	cc
8	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	conj
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 fits	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fits	nsubj
11	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 acts	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	It			the blood		everywhere property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in blood=Location
2	act	present							vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fit	present	blood						vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It doesn't, it stays in the tummy and works from there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 does	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stays	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stays	nsubj
6	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 does	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 tummy	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tummy	det
9	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stays	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 works	cc
11	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 does	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 there	case
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	present	It						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	present	it			the tummy			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tummy=Location
3	work	present							vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It has a tiny map inside it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 map	det
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 map	amod
5	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 map	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	a tiny map		map			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Patient

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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