Test 9 · ★ · Sunshine, vitamin D and water

My mate's wee is like water every time, is he sick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wee, he · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 23 «Sunshine, vitamin D and water» 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

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 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wee	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mate	case
4	wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 water	cop
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sick	parataxis
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 water	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sick	cop
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sick	nsubj
13	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 sick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My mate's wee				time	like water	tree rules
2	is	present	he					sick 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, it means he needs more water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 needs	nsubj
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	present	he	more water					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Pale yellow is fine, clear every time isn't the goal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 yellow	amod
2	yellow	yellow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 goal	parataxis
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 clear	punct
6	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fine	parataxis
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clear	obl:unmarked
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 goal	cop
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 goal	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 goal	det
12	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Pale yellow					fine property	tree rules
2	not is a	present		the goal					tree rules

Option 3

Yes, he has a disease

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 disease	det
6	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	he	a disease					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disease=Patient

Option 4

Yes, he needs fizzy drinks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 needs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 needs	nsubj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 drinks	amod
6	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	he	fizzy drinks					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drink=Theme

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