Test 4 · ★ · How medicines work
Forgot two doses, so I'll take three at once to catch up. OK?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: forget, take, catch up · To what, where: two doses, three
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Forgot two doses, so I'll take three at once to catch up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 doses | nummod |
| 3 | doses | dose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Forgot | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 take | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 take | advmod |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 take | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 take | aux |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Forgot | parataxis |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 take | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 once | case |
| 11 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 take | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 catch | mark |
| 13 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 take | advcl |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 catch | compound:prt |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Forgot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | two doses | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | take | future | I | three | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent three=Theme at once=Asset | ||||
| 3 | catch up | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: OK?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 OK | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, that's how you catch up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 catch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 catch | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 how | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 how | cop |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 catch | advmod |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 catch | nsubj |
| 7 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 catch | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | how property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | catch up | present | you | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, taking doses all at once is dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 taking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | taking | take | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 dangerous | csubj |
| 4 | doses | dose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 taking | obj |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 once | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 taking | advmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dangerous | cop |
| 9 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | doses | once property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dose=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | taking | dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, double or triple is always fine if you missed some
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 double | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 double | punct |
| 3 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 fine | cc |
| 5 | triple | triple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fine | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fine | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 fine | advmod |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 double | conj |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 missed | mark |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 missed | nsubj |
| 11 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fine | advcl |
| 12 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 missed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | triple | always, fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | miss a condition, not said to happen | past | you | some | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer some=Stimulus |
Option 4
No, take five instead to be safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 take | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 take | obj |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 3 take | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 safe | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 safe | cop |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 take | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | five | instead property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | you not said here | safe property | tree rules |
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