Test 4 · At the pharmacy
Aunt says herbal pills can't hurt cos they're natural. Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aunt, herbal pills, pills · What happens: say, not hurt, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 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: Aunt says herbal pills can't hurt cos they're natural.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | herbal | herbal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pills | amod |
| 4 | pills | pill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hurt | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 hurt | advmod |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 11 natural | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 natural | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 natural | cop |
| 11 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hurt | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Aunt | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not hurt | can | herbal pills | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | present | pills = pill | natural property | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
No, natural remedies can harm or interact with medicines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 harm | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 harm | punct |
| 3 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 remedies | amod |
| 4 | remedies | remedy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 harm | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 harm | aux |
| 6 | harm | harm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 interact | cc |
| 8 | interact | interact | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 harm | conj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 medicines | case |
| 10 | medicines | medicine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 interact | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harm | can | natural remedies | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | interact | infinitive | natural remedies not said here | with medicines | vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with medicine=Co-Agent |
Option 2
Yes, if they're from a health shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 shop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 shop | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 shop | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 shop | cop |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 shop | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 shop | det |
| 8 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shop | compound |
| 9 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | they | a health shop | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, plants are always safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 safe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 safe | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 safe | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 safe | advmod |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | plants | always, safe property | tree rules |
Option 4
No, but only if you eat them with milk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 eat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 eat | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 eat | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 eat | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 eat | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 eat | nsubj |
| 7 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 eat | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 milk | case |
| 10 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | you | them = they | with milk | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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