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Test 5 · ★ · How medicines work

My friend says the herbal pills are natural so they can't hurt you. What's wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, herbal pills, pills · What happens: say, be, not hurt · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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 friend says the herbal pills are natural so they can't hurt you.

nmod:possnsubjdetamodnsubjcopccompmarknsubjauxadvmodadvclobjpunctrootMyPRONfriendNOUNsaysVERBtheDETherbalADJpillsNOUNareAUXnaturalADJsoSCONJtheyPRONcaAUXn'tPARThurtVERByouPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 friendnmod:poss
2friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 pillsdet
5herbalherbalADJDegree=Pos6 pillsamod
6pillspillNOUNNumber=Plur8 naturalnsubj
7arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 naturalcop
8naturalnaturalADJDegree=Pos3 saysccomp
9sosoSCONJ_13 hurtmark
10theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs13 hurtnsubj
11cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin13 hurtaux
12n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg13 hurtadvmod
13hurthurtVERBVerbForm=Inf8 naturaladvcl
14youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs13 hurtobj
15..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentMy friendvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2ispresentthe herbal pillsnatural propertytree rules
3not hurtcanpills = pillyouvn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=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's wrong?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wrongnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Natural pills are tested more than others

amodnsubj:passaux:passadvmodfixedoblrootNaturalADJpillsNOUNareAUXtestedVERBmoreADJthanADPothersNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NaturalnaturalADJDegree=Pos2 pillsamod
2pillspillNOUNNumber=Plur4 testednsubj:pass
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 testedaux:pass
4testedtestVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5moremoreADJDegree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV7 othersadvmod
6thanthanADP_5 morefixed
7othersotherNOUNNumber=Plur4 testedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1testpresent · passiveNatural pillsothers oblvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Herbs can't have side effects

nsubjauxadvmodcompoundobjrootHerbsNOUNcaAUXn'tPARThaveVERBsideNOUNeffectsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerbsherbNOUNNumber=Plur4 havensubj
2cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 haveaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 haveadvmod
4havehaveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing6 effectscompound
6effectseffectNOUNNumber=Plur4 haveobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not havecanHerbsside effectsvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Natural doesn't always mean safe

nsubjauxadvmodadvmodxcomprootNaturalADJdoesAUXn'tPARTalwaysADVmeanVERBsafeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NaturalnaturalADJDegree=Pos5 meannsubj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 meanaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 meanadvmod
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 meanadvmod
5meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6safesafeADJDegree=Pos5 meanxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not meanpresent · do-supportNaturalalways, safe propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nothing, he's right about herbal pills

nsubjpunctnsubjcopcaseamodoblrootNothingPRON,PUNCThePRON'sAUXrightADJaboutADPherbalADJpillsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg5 rightnsubj
2,,PUNCT_1 Nothingpunct
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 rightnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 rightcop
5rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
6aboutaboutADP_8 pillscase
7herbalherbalADJDegree=Pos8 pillsamod
8pillspillNOUNNumber=Plur5 rightobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentNothingabout herbal pills; right propertytree rules

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