Test 8 · At the pharmacy
In a game the potion shop sells "Cure-All" for every illness. What's the real-life truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: potion shop, life truth · What happens: sell, be · To what, where: Cure, game
This is test 8 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: In a game the potion shop sells "Cure-All" for every illness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sells | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shop | det |
| 5 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shop | compound |
| 6 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sells | nsubj |
| 7 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Cure | punct |
| 9 | Cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sells | obj |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 All | punct |
| 11 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 Cure | nmod |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Cure | punct |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 illness | case |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 illness | det |
| 15 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sells | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | the potion shop | Cure All | a game | for every illness | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent cure=Theme for illness=Asset |
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 the real-life truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 truth | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 truth | compound |
| 7 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the life truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No single medicine cures everything; each works on certain problems
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 medicine | det |
| 2 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 medicine | amod |
| 3 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cures | nsubj |
| 4 | cures | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 cures | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 works | punct |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 works | nsubj |
| 8 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cures | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 problems | case |
| 10 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 problems | amod |
| 11 | problems | problem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | present | no single medicine | everything | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer everything=Source | ||||
| 2 | work | present | each | on certain problems | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on problem=Theme |
Option 2
Natural potions cure all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 potions | amod |
| 2 | potions | potion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cure | nsubj |
| 3 | cure | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 3 cure | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | present | Natural potions | all property | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer |
Option 3
Expensive medicines cure everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expensive | expensive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 medicines | amod |
| 2 | medicines | medicine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cure | nsubj |
| 3 | cure | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 cure | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | present | Expensive medicines | everything | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer everything=Source |
Option 4
Real pharmacies sell Cure-All too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pharmacies | amod |
| 2 | pharmacies | pharmacy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sell | nsubj |
| 3 | sell | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Cure | Cure | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sell | obj |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Cure | punct |
| 6 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 sell | advcl |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 sell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | Real pharmacies | Cure | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cure=Theme |
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