Test 5 · ★★ · Why we sleep when ill
Ellie had a cold, felt fine, then her ear really hurt three days later. What happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ellie, ear · What happens: have, feel, hurt, happen · To what, where: cold
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Ellie had a cold, felt fine, then her ear really hurt three days later.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cold | det |
| 4 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 felt | punct |
| 6 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | conj |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 felt | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hurt | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 hurt | advmod |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 ear | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hurt | nsubj |
| 12 | really | really | ADV | _ | 13 hurt | advmod |
| 13 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | parataxis |
| 14 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 days | nummod |
| 15 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 later | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 hurt | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Ellie | a cold | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient | ||||
| 2 | feel | past | Ellie not said here | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | hurt | past | Ellie's ear | then | late property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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: What happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ears hurt for a few days after every single cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 days | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 days | det |
| 5 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 days | amod |
| 6 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hurt | obl |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 cold | case |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 cold | det |
| 9 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cold | amod |
| 10 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | participle | Ears | after every single cold; day | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
The cold came back much stronger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cold | det |
| 2 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 stronger | advmod |
| 6 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 came | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past | the cold | strong property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Probably a second infection, an ear infection
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 infection | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 infection | det |
| 3 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 infection | amod |
| 4 | infection | infection | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 infection | punct |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 infection | det |
| 7 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 infection | compound |
| 8 | infection | infection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 infection | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
She caught flu from her pillow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 caught | nsubj |
| 2 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 caught | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 pillow | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 pillow | nmod:poss |
| 6 | pillow | pillow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | She | flu | her pillow | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent flu=Theme from pillow=Source |
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