Test 9 · ★★★ · Vaccinations and why
In a sci-fi film a vaccine is made overnight and given to everyone untested. Real life?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: make, give · To what, where: vaccine, fi film, everyone
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: In a sci-fi film a vaccine is made overnight and given to everyone untested.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 6 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 film | det |
| 3 | sci | sci | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fi | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 sci | punct |
| 5 | fi | fi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 film | compound |
| 6 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 vaccine | det |
| 8 | vaccine | vaccine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 made | aux:pass |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 10 made | advmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 given | cc |
| 13 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 made | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 everyone | case |
| 15 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 given | obl |
| 16 | untested | untested | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 everyone | amod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | a vaccine | a fi film | overnight property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||
| 2 | give | participle | everyone | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to everyone=Recipient |
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: Real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 life | amod |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 life | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Only animals get the tested vaccines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 animals | advmod |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 vaccines | det |
| 5 | tested | test | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 vaccines | amod |
| 6 | vaccines | vaccine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | animals | the tested vaccines | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vaccine=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | test | participle | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Vaccines go through lab tests and big trials before approval
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaccines | vaccine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 go | nsubj |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | through | through | ADP | _ | 5 tests | case |
| 4 | lab | lab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tests | compound |
| 5 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 go | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 trials | cc |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 trials | amod |
| 8 | trials | trial | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tests | conj |
| 9 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 approval | case |
| 10 | approval | approval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Vaccines | lab tests and big trials | before approval | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through test=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Vaccines are always made overnight when there's a new illness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaccines | vaccine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 made | advmod |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 4 made | advmod |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 's | advmod |
| 7 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 's | expl |
| 8 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 illness | det |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 illness | amod |
| 11 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 's | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Vaccines | always, overnight property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | be | present | a new illness | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Vaccines are never tested, there isn't time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaccines | vaccine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tested | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tested | aux:pass |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 tested | advmod |
| 4 | tested | test | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 is | punct |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 is | expl |
| 7 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tested | conj |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 is | advmod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 is | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not test | present · passive | Vaccines | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not be | present | time | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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