Test 7 · ★★ · Mum's vitamin and cod-liver oil
Sam's mum gives him eight different supplements a day. Is that wise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, that · What happens: give, be · To what, where: eight different supplements, Sam
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Mum's vitamin and cod-liver oil» 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: Sam's mum gives him eight different supplements a day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sam | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gives | nsubj |
| 4 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gives | iobj |
| 6 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 supplements | nummod |
| 7 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 supplements | amod |
| 8 | supplements | supplement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gives | obj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 supplements | nmod:unmarked |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Sam's mum | eight different supplements a day | Sam | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient supplement=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: Is that wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if he's under 10
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 10 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 10 | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 10 | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 10 | cop |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 10 | case |
| 7 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | 10 | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, more is always better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 more | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 better | advcl |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 better | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 better | advmod |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | always, good property | tree rules |
Option 3
No, because supplements are illegal for children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 illegal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 illegal | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 illegal | mark |
| 4 | supplements | supplement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 illegal | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 illegal | cop |
| 6 | illegal | illegal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 illegal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | supplements | for children; illegal property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Not usually, it rarely helps and can harm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 helps | advmod |
| 2 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 6 helps | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 helps | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 helps | nsubj |
| 5 | rarely | rarely | ADV | _ | 6 helps | advmod |
| 6 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 harm | cc |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 harm | aux |
| 9 | harm | harm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 helps | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not help | present | it | rarely, usually property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | harm | can | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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