Test 2 · ★★ · Why we sleep when ill
Hot to touch but shivering. Gran piles on three duvets "to sweat it out". Better?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran · What happens: touch, shiver, pile, sweat out · To what, where: three duvets, it
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Why we sleep when ill» 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: Hot to touch but shivering.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 touch | mark |
| 3 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hot | xcomp |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 shivering | cc |
| 5 | shivering | shiver | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Hot | conj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch | to-infinitive | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | shiver | gerund | vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Gran piles on three duvets "to sweat it out".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 piles | nsubj |
| 2 | piles | pile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 duvets | case |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 duvets | nummod |
| 5 | duvets | duvet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 piles | obl |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 duvets | punct |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 sweat | mark |
| 8 | sweat | sweat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 piles | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sweat | obj |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 sweat | compound:prt |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 sweat | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 piles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pile | present | Gran | three duvets | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on duvet=Destination | ||||
| 2 | sweat out in a quote | to-infinitive | Gran not said here | it | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Sentence 3: Better?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Better | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
A cold bath straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bath | det |
| 2 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bath | amod |
| 3 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 bath | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Five duvets, a hot water bottle and the heating on full
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 duvets | nummod |
| 2 | duvets | duvet | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bottle | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bottle | det |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bottle | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bottle | compound |
| 7 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 duvets | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 heating | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 heating | det |
| 10 | heating | heating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bottle | conj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 full | case |
| 12 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 heating | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Nothing to drink until the shivering stops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 drink | mark |
| 3 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | acl |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 stops | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shivering | det |
| 6 | shivering | shivering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stops | nsubj |
| 7 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 drink | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | to-infinitive | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | stop | present | the shivering | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Light layers and drinks, heavy blankets can push the fever up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 layers | compound |
| 2 | layers | layer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 push | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 drinks | cc |
| 4 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 layers | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 blankets | punct |
| 6 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 blankets | amod |
| 7 | blankets | blanket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 layers | conj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 push | aux |
| 9 | push | push | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fever | det |
| 11 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 push | obj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 push | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push up | can | Light layers and drinks and heavy blankets | the fever | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Theme |
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