Test 7 · ★★★ · Colds and flu
In a cartoon, a boy is given an antibiotic for his cold and is better in one second. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: give, be · To what, where: boy, cartoon
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: In a cartoon, a boy is given an antibiotic for his cold and is better in one second.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 given | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 given | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 given | aux:pass |
| 8 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 antibiotic | det |
| 10 | antibiotic | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 given | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 cold | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 cold | nmod:poss |
| 13 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 given | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 better | cc |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 better | cop |
| 16 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 13 cold | conj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 second | case |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 second | nummod |
| 19 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 given | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | a boy | a cartoon | second | for boy's cold | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient antibiotic=Theme for cold=Asset | ||
| 2 | is | present | good 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: What's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, that is exactly right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 right | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 right | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 right | advmod |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | exactly, right property | tree rules |
Option 2
Antibiotics actually work even faster than that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | nsubj |
| 2 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 3 work | advmod |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 faster | advmod |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 work | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 that | case |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 faster | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Antibiotics | actually, fast property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Antibiotics don't work on viruses, and colds take days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 work | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 work | advmod |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 viruses | case |
| 6 | viruses | virus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 work | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 take | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 take | cc |
| 9 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 take | nsubj |
| 10 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | advcl |
| 11 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not work | present · do-support | Antibiotics | on viruses | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on virus=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | present | colds | day | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Colds can't be cured by anything but magic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cured | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cured | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 cured | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 cured | aux:pass |
| 5 | cured | cure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 anything | case |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 cured | obl |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 magic | cc |
| 9 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 anything | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cure | can · passive | Colds | by anything | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source |
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