Test 10 · Sore throats, ears and eyes
Got earache after the pool. Will I have to quit swimming for ever?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: get, have, quit, swim · To what, where: earache
This is test 10 of lesson 9 «Sore throats, ears and eyes» 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: Got earache after the pool.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | earache | earache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Got | obj |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 pool | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pool | det |
| 5 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Got | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | earache | after the pool | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer earache=Stimulus |
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: Will I have to quit swimming for ever?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 quit | mark |
| 5 | quit | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 have | xcomp |
| 6 | swimming | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 quit | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 ever | case |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 swimming | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | future | I | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | quit | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | swim | gerund | I not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, until you're a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 up | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | until | until | ADP | _ | 7 grown | case |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 grown | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 grown | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 grown | det |
| 7 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 up | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 up | punct |
| 9 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | until a grown | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, but the ear needs to heal first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 needs | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 needs | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ear | det |
| 5 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 needs | nsubj |
| 6 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 heal | mark |
| 8 | heal | heal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 needs | xcomp |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 heal | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | the ear | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | heal not said to happen | to-infinitive | the ear not said here | first property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
No, keep swimming through the ache
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 keep | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | swimming | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keep | xcomp |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 ache | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ache | det |
| 7 | ache | ache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swimming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | swim | gerund | you not said here | the ache | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through ache=Trajectory |
Option 4
Yes, for the rest of your life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 rest | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rest | punct |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 rest | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rest | det |
| 5 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 life | nmod:poss |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rest | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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