Test 2 · At the pharmacy
Ollie, 4, has a cough and Dad grabs an adult cough syrup. What would the pharmacist say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ollie, Dad, pharmacist · What happens: have, grab, say · To what, where: cough, adult cough syrup · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 20 «At the pharmacy» 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: Ollie, 4, has a cough and Dad grabs an adult cough syrup.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 4 | punct |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Ollie | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ollie | punct |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cough | det |
| 7 | cough | cough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 grabs | cc |
| 9 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 grabs | nsubj |
| 10 | grabs | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 has | conj |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 syrup | det |
| 12 | adult | adult | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 syrup | amod |
| 13 | cough | cough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 syrup | compound |
| 14 | syrup | syrup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 grabs | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Ollie | a cough | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cough=Patient | ||||
| 2 | grab | present | Dad | a adult cough syrup | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent syrup=Theme |
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 would the pharmacist say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 pharmacist | det |
| 4 | pharmacist | pharmacist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | the pharmacist | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Fine if it's honey flavour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 flavour | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 flavour | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 flavour | cop |
| 5 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flavour | compound |
| 6 | flavour | flavour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | honey flavour | tree rules |
Option 2
Give him half the bottle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 5 bottle | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bottle | det |
| 5 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | half bottle | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bottle=Theme |
Option 3
Fine, just give him a big spoon, it can't do any harm
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 give | parataxis |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 spoon | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 spoon | amod |
| 8 | spoon | spoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 do | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 do | nsubj |
| 11 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 do | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 do | advmod |
| 13 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 give | conj |
| 14 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 15 harm | det |
| 15 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a big spoon | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient spoon=Theme | |||
| 2 | not do | can | spoon | any harm | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Most cough medicines aren't for under-6s, ask first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 medicines | amod |
| 2 | cough | cough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 medicines | compound |
| 3 | medicines | medicine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 6s | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 6s | cop |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 6s | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 6s | case |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 6s | case |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 under | punct |
| 9 | 6s | 6 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ask | punct |
| 11 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 6s | parataxis |
| 12 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Most cough medicines | for 6s | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | first property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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