Test 3 · ★★★ · Colds and flu
"I've got flu" says Olly, but he's playing football with a runny nose. Is it likely flu?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Olly, football · What happens: get, say, play, be · To what, where: flu, football, likely flu · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 7 «Colds and flu» 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: "I've got flu" says Olly, but he's playing football with a runny nose.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 says | ccomp |
| 5 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | Olly | Olly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 playing | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 playing | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 playing | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 playing | aux |
| 13 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 says | advcl |
| 14 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 playing | obj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 nose | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 nose | det |
| 17 | runny | runny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 nose | amod |
| 18 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 playing | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · perfect | Olly | flu | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flu=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Olly | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | play | present · progressive | Olly | football | with a runny nose | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent football=Theme with nose=Co-Agent |
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: Is it likely flu?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 flu | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flu | nsubj |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 flu | amod |
| 4 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 flu | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | football | likely flu | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, flu is just a bit of a sniffle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 bit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bit | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bit | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 bit | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 sniffle | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sniffle | det |
| 10 | sniffle | sniffle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | flu | a bit | of a sniffle | tree rules |
Option 2
No, it is hay fever for sure
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 fever | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fever | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fever | cop |
| 5 | hay | hay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fever | compound |
| 6 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 sure | case |
| 8 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fever | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | hay fever | for sure | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, playing football in the cold causes flu
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 causes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 causes | csubj |
| 4 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 playing | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cold | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cold | det |
| 7 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 playing | obl |
| 8 | causes | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 causes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | gerund | football | the cold | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cause | present | playing | flu | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition flu=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, real flu usually puts you in bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 puts | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 flu | punct |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 flu | amod |
| 4 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 puts | obl |
| 5 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 6 puts | advmod |
| 6 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 puts | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 bed | case |
| 9 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 puts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present | real flu | bed | usually property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme in bed=Destination |
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