Test 9 · ★★ · The right dose and never more than
My friend says it's fine to share his antibiotics because he got better. Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, he · What happens: say, be, share, get · To what, where: antibiotics · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 18 «The right dose and never more than» 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 it's fine to share his antibiotics because he got better.
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fine | expl |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fine | cop |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 share | mark |
| 8 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 fine | csubj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 antibiotics | nmod:poss |
| 10 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 share | obj |
| 11 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 got | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 got | nsubj |
| 13 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 share | advcl |
| 14 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 13 got | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | share | to-infinitive | his antibiotics | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | get | past | he | good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, half each, so you both get some
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 half | punct |
| 3 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 9 get | obl |
| 4 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 half | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 get | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 get | advmod |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 get | nsubj |
| 8 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 get | nsubj |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | you | half each | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer some=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yes, it worked for him, so it'll work for you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 worked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 worked | nsubj |
| 4 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 worked | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 work | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 work | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 work | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 work | aux |
| 11 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 worked | conj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 you | case |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past | it | for him = he | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | work | future | it | for you | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for you=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, his medicine was chosen for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 chosen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chosen | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 medicine | nmod:poss |
| 4 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chosen | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chosen | aux:pass |
| 6 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chosen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | past · passive | his medicine | for him = he | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for he=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | medicine | his = he | nom medicine «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
No, only ever share painkillers, not those
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 share | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 share | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 share | advmod |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 share | advmod |
| 5 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | painkillers | painkiller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 share | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 those | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 those | advmod |
| 9 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | painkillers | ever | those obl | tree rules |
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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