Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★
Jake's mate: «my cousin's a doctor and says antibiotics fix colds, no cap». How do you check that claim?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, mate, antibiotics, you · What happens: be, say, fix, check · To what, where: colds, claim · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 77 «Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★» 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: Jake's mate: «my cousin's a doctor and says antibiotics fix colds, no cap».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jake | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 's | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 's | punct |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 7 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 's | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 says | ccomp |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 doctor | det |
| 10 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 's | nsubj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 says | cc |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 fix | nsubj |
| 14 | fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 says | ccomp |
| 15 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 fix | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 cap | punct |
| 17 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 18 cap | det |
| 18 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | ccomp |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 cap | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be in a quote | present | my cousin | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Jake's mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fix in a quote | present | antibiotics | colds | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cold=Patient |
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: How do you check that claim?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 check | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 check | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 check | nsubj |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 claim | det |
| 6 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 check | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 check | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present · do-support | you | that claim | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Colds are bacteria, so he's right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bacteria | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bacteria | cop |
| 3 | bacteria | bacterium | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 right | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 right | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 right | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 right | cop |
| 8 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bacteria | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Colds | bacteria | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | bacteria not said here | right property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Colds are viruses, antibiotics only hit bacteria
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 viruses | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 viruses | cop |
| 3 | viruses | virus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hit | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 antibiotics | punct |
| 5 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 viruses | conj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 hit | advmod |
| 7 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | bacteria | bacterium | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Colds | viruses and antibiotics | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hit | past | viruses and antibiotics | bacteria | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bacterium=Co-Theme |
Option 3
Antibiotics fix everything with a fever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fix | nsubj |
| 2 | fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 fix | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 fever | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fever | det |
| 6 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fix | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | Antibiotics | everything | with a fever | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient with fever=Co-Patient |
Option 4
Ask how old his cousin is first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 old | advmod |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 5 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 old | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 old | cop |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | first property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | his cousin | old property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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