Test 2 · Sore throats, ears and eyes
My friend says pink eye means she'll go blind. Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, pink eye, eye · What happens: say, mean, go, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: My friend says pink eye means she'll go blind.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 eye | amod |
| 5 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 go | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 go | aux |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 means | ccomp |
| 10 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 go | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | pink eye | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | go | future | eye | blind property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 she right?
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 right | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | friend | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, unless she wears glasses from now on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 wears | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 5 wears | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wears | nsubj |
| 5 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wears | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 now | case |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 wears | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADV | _ | 5 wears | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | she | glasses | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Theme from now=Source |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, conjunctivitis rarely harms eyesight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 conjunctivitis | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | conjunctivitis | conjunctivitis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 harms | nsubj |
| 4 | rarely | rarely | ADV | _ | 5 harms | advmod |
| 5 | harms | harm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | eyesight | eyesight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 harms | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harm | present | conjunctivitis | eyesight | rarely property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eyesight=Experiencer |
Option 3
No, pink eye only affects the ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 pink | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 eye | amod |
| 4 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 affects | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 affects | advmod |
| 6 | affects | affect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ears | det |
| 8 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 affects | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affect | present | pink eye | the ears | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer |
Option 4
Yes, it always causes blindness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 causes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 causes | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 causes | advmod |
| 5 | causes | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | blindness | blindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 causes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present | it | blindness | always property | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition blindness=Patient |
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