Test 2 · ★ · Fever
Gran felt my forehead and says I don't have a fever. Can she be sure?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, I · What happens: feel, say, not have, be · To what, where: forehead, fever · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 8 «Fever» 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: Gran felt my forehead and says I don't have a fever.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 forehead | nmod:poss |
| 4 | forehead | forehead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 felt | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 says | cc |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 felt | conj |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 have | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 have | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 have | advmod |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 says | ccomp |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 fever | det |
| 12 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 have | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 felt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | Gran | my forehead | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forehead=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Gran not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not have | present · do-support | I | a fever | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=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: Can she be sure?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sure | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sure | nsubj |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sure | cop |
| 4 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 sure | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | Gran | sure property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, grans' hands are always accurate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 accurate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | grans | gran | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hands | nmod:poss |
| 4 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 3 grans | case |
| 5 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 accurate | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 accurate | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 accurate | advmod |
| 8 | accurate | accurate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | grans's hands | accurate, always property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, foreheads never lie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 lie | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | foreheads | forehead | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lie | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 lie | advmod |
| 5 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not lie | present | foreheads | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, touch isn't reliable; a thermometer is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 reliable | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reliable | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 reliable | cop |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 reliable | advmod |
| 6 | reliable | reliable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 reliable | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 thermometer | det |
| 9 | thermometer | thermometer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reliable | conj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 reliable | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | touch | reliable property | tree rules |
Option 4
No, only a doctor can feel a fever with his hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 feel | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 feel | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 doctor | det |
| 5 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feel | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 feel | aux |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fever | det |
| 9 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feel | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 hand | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hand | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | can | a doctor | a fever | with doctor's hand | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Theme |
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