Test 4 · ★ · The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic
In a cartoon a surgeon knocks a patient out with a mallet. What's real?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: surgeon · What happens: knock out, be · To what, where: patient, cartoon
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 28 «The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic» 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 cartoon a surgeon knocks a patient out with a mallet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 knocks | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 surgeon | det |
| 5 | surgeon | surgeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 knocks | nsubj |
| 6 | knocks | knock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 patient | det |
| 8 | patient | patient | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 knocks | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 knocks | compound:prt |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 mallet | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 mallet | det |
| 12 | mallet | mallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 knocks | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 knocks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock out | present | a surgeon | a patient | a cartoon | with a mallet | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent patient=Theme in cartoon=Destination |
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 real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Surgeons really do that, but with a soft rubber hammer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons | surgeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 do | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 do | advmod |
| 3 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 do | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hammer | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 hammer | cc |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 hammer | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 hammer | det |
| 9 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hammer | amod |
| 10 | rubber | rubber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hammer | compound |
| 11 | hammer | hammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Surgeons | that | with a soft rubber hammer | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
Option 2
They sing a lullaby until the patient drops off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sing | nsubj |
| 2 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lullaby | det |
| 4 | lullaby | lullaby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sing | obj |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 drops | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 patient | det |
| 7 | patient | patient | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drops | nsubj |
| 8 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sing | advcl |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 drops | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | They | a lullaby | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lullaby=Theme | ||||
| 2 | drop off | present | the patient | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
An anaesthetist uses medicine and watches the patient
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 anaesthetist | det |
| 2 | anaesthetist | anaesthetist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 uses | nsubj |
| 3 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 uses | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 watches | cc |
| 6 | watches | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 uses | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 patient | det |
| 8 | patient | patient | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 watches | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | a anaesthetist | medicine | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Patient | ||||
| 2 | watch | present | a anaesthetist not said here | the patient | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patient=Theme |
Option 4
Patients just hold their breath until they faint
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patients | patient | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hold | nsubj |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 hold | advmod |
| 3 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 breath | nmod:poss |
| 5 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hold | obj |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 faint | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 faint | nsubj |
| 8 | faint | faint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hold | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | Patients | Patients's breath | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | ||||
| 2 | faint | present | Patients = patient | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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