Test 8 · ★★★ · Colds and flu
Mum gives honey and lemon for my cough. Can she give it to my 6-month-old brother too?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, my · What happens: give, cough · To what, where: honey, cough, old brother
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Mum gives honey and lemon for my cough.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gives | nsubj |
| 2 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gives | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 lemon | cc |
| 5 | lemon | lemon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 honey | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 cough | case |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 cough | nmod:poss |
| 8 | cough | cough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gives | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Mum | honey and lemon | for my cough | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent honey=Theme for cough=Asset | |||
| 2 | cough | my | nom cough «state transitive»: poss=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: Can she give it to my 6-month-old brother too?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 give | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 give | nsubj |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 give | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 brother | case |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 brother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 month | nummod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 6 | punct |
| 9 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 old | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 month | punct |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 brother | amod |
| 12 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obl |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 give | advmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | can | Mum | cough | my old brother | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to brother=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Yes, babies need even more honey than you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 need | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | nsubj |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 more | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 honey | amod |
| 7 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | obj |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 you | case |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 honey | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | babies | more honey | than you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot honey=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, honey is never given to babies under one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 given | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 given | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 given | aux:pass |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 given | advmod |
| 6 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 babies | case |
| 8 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 given | obl |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 one | case |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not give | present · passive | honey | babies | under one | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to baby=Recipient |
Option 3
No, it's the lemon that is the danger for babies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 lemon | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 lemon | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lemon | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lemon | det |
| 6 | lemon | lemon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 danger | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 danger | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 danger | det |
| 10 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lemon | acl:relcl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 babies | case |
| 12 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 danger | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the lemon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the lemon | the danger | for babies | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, honey is safe for all ages
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 safe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 safe | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 safe | cop |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 ages | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 ages | det |
| 8 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 safe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | honey | for all ages | safe property | tree rules |
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