Test 6 · ★★ · Why we sleep when ill
Your mate came back to school the day after a high fever to "prove he's hard". Why's it a bad idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, fever · What happens: come back, prove, be · To what, where: school · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Your mate came back to school the day after a high fever to "prove he's hard".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | 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 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 school | case |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 fever | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 fever | det |
| 11 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 fever | amod |
| 12 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 prove | mark |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 prove | punct |
| 15 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 came | advcl |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 hard | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 hard | cop |
| 18 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 prove | ccomp |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 hard | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past | Your mate | school | after a high fever; day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | prove in a quote | to-infinitive | Your mate not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | mate | hard property | tree rules |
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: Why's it a bad idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 idea | amod |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fever | why property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He's still tired and may still spread germs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tired | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tired | cop |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 tired | advmod |
| 4 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 spread | cc |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 spread | aux |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 spread | advmod |
| 8 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tired | conj |
| 9 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 spread | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | still | tired property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | spread | may | He not said here | germs | still | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=Theme |
Option 2
Teachers will give him a detention for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 give | aux |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 give | iobj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 detention | det |
| 6 | detention | detention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | future | Teachers | a detention | him = he | for detention | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient detention=Theme for it=Asset |
Option 3
It's not, it proves he's completely healthy
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 | 6 proves | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 proves | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 proves | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 proves | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 proves | nsubj |
| 6 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 healthy | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 healthy | cop |
| 9 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 10 healthy | advmod |
| 10 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 proves | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | It | prove property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | completely, healthy property | tree rules |
Option 4
Fevers make you stronger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fevers | fever | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Fevers | you | strong property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
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