Test 6 · ★★★ · Vaccinations and why
Online post says MMR causes autism. What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Online post, MMR, truth · What happens: say, cause, be · To what, where: autism · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «Vaccinations and why» 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: Online post says MMR causes autism.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 post | amod |
| 2 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | MMR | MMR | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 causes | nsubj |
| 5 | causes | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | autism | autism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 causes | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Online post | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cause | present | MMR | autism | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition autism=Patient |
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 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 | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The study was dishonest and withdrawn, and huge studies found no link
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 study | det |
| 2 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dishonest | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dishonest | cop |
| 4 | dishonest | dishonest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 withdrawn | cc |
| 6 | withdrawn | withdraw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 dishonest | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 found | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 found | cc |
| 9 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 studies | amod |
| 10 | studies | study | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 found | nsubj |
| 11 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dishonest | conj |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 link | det |
| 13 | link | link | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 found | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the study | dishonest property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | withdraw | participle | the study not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | find | past | huge studies | no link | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent link=Topic |
Option 2
It's proven true by many doctors around the world for decades now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 proven | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 proven | aux:pass |
| 3 | proven | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 proven | xcomp |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 doctors | case |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 doctors | amod |
| 7 | doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 proven | obl |
| 8 | around | around | ADP | _ | 10 world | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 world | det |
| 10 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 doctors | nmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 decades | case |
| 12 | decades | decade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 proven | obl |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 proven | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present · passive | many doctors around the world | It | now; decade | true property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3
It's true for boys only, never for girls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 boys | case |
| 5 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 true | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 girls | punct |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 girls | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 girls | case |
| 10 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for boys; true property | tree rules |
Option 4
Nobody knows anything, it has never been looked at
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 knows | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 looked | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 looked | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 looked | aux |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 looked | advmod |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 looked | aux:pass |
| 9 | looked | look | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 knows | conj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 looked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Nobody | anything | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not look | present · perfect · passive | it | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
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