Test 9 · ★ · Fever
Dylan saw spiders on the ceiling when his fever was high. Is he going mad?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dylan, fever · What happens: see, be, go · To what, where: spiders, ceiling
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Dylan saw spiders on the ceiling when his fever was high.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan | Dylan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 saw | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 ceiling | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ceiling | det |
| 6 | ceiling | ceiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obl |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 high | advmod |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fever | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 high | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 high | cop |
| 11 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 saw | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Dylan | spiders | the ceiling | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spider=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is | past | Dylan's fever | high 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: Is he going mad?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 going | nsubj |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 going | xcomp |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | Dylan | mad property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, fever can cause odd feelings that pass when it drops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 cause | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cause | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cause | aux |
| 5 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feelings | amod |
| 7 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cause | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 pass | nsubj |
| 9 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 feelings | acl:relcl |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 drops | mark |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 drops | nsubj |
| 12 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 pass | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | can | fever | odd feelings | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition feeling=Patient | ||||
| 2 | pass | present | odd feelings | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | drop | present | fever | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
No, he is just making it up for attention
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 making | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 making | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 making | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 making | advmod |
| 6 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 making | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 making | compound:prt |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 attention | case |
| 10 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 making | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | present · progressive | he | it | for attention | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |
Option 3
Yes, it's a sign of madness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 sign | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sign | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sign | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sign | det |
| 6 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 madness | case |
| 8 | madness | madness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sign | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a sign | of madness | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, the spiders are real ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 ones | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 spiders | det |
| 4 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ones | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ones | cop |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ones | amod |
| 7 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the spiders | real ones | tree rules |
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