Test 4 · ★ · Fever
The fever came back, so the paracetamol was useless. Right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: fever, paracetamol · What happens: come back, be
This is test 4 · ★ 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: The fever came back, so the paracetamol was useless.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fever | det |
| 2 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 useless | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 useless | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 paracetamol | det |
| 8 | paracetamol | paracetamol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 useless | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 useless | cop |
| 10 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 came | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past | the fever | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the paracetamol | useless 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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
No, so give her aspirin instead, it's much stronger stuff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 give | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 aspirin | nmod:poss |
| 6 | aspirin | aspirin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 stuff | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 stuff | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 stuff | cop |
| 11 | much | much | ADV | _ | 12 stronger | advmod |
| 12 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 13 stuff | amod |
| 13 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | her aspirin | instead property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aspirin=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a | present | aspirin | stronger stuff | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it lowers the fever for hours while the body fights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 lowers | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lowers | nsubj |
| 4 | lowers | lower | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fever | det |
| 6 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lowers | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 hours | case |
| 8 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lowers | obl |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 fights | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 body | det |
| 11 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fights | compound |
| 12 | fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lowers | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lower | present | it | the fever | hour | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, it never works on a real fever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 works | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 works | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 works | advmod |
| 5 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 fever | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fever | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fever | amod |
| 9 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not work | present | it | on a real fever | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on fever=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, so take a double dose now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 take | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 take | advmod |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dose | det |
| 6 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dose | amod |
| 7 | dose | dose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | a double dose | now | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dose=Theme |
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