Test 3 · Sore throats, ears and eyes
Lily's eyes stream in spring, and her friend won't sit near her in case she catches it. Fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eyes, friend · What happens: stream, not sit, catch · To what, where: case
This is test 3 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: Lily's eyes stream in spring, and her friend won't sit near her in case she catches it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lily | case |
| 3 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stream | nsubj |
| 4 | stream | stream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 spring | case |
| 6 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stream | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sit | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sit | cc |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 friend | nmod:poss |
| 10 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sit | nsubj |
| 11 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 sit | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 sit | advmod |
| 13 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stream | conj |
| 14 | near | near | ADP | _ | 15 her | case |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sit | obl |
| 16 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 19 catches | mark |
| 17 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 in | fixed |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 catches | nsubj |
| 19 | catches | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 sit | advcl |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 catches | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stream | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stream | present | Lily's eyes | spring | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not sit | future | Lily's friend | near Lily | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near she=Location | ||||
| 3 | catch | present | friend | case | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: Fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fair | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, but it spreads by touching her hands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 spreads | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 spreads | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 spreads | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spreads | nsubj |
| 5 | spreads | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 7 touching | mark |
| 7 | touching | touch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 spreads | advcl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 hands | nmod:poss |
| 9 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 touching | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | present | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | touch | gerund | her hands | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hand=Co-Theme |
Option 2
Yes, it spreads just like a cold does
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 spreads | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 spreads | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spreads | nsubj |
| 4 | spreads | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 does | advcl |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 cold | advmod |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 cold | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cold | det |
| 8 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spreads | obl |
| 9 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | present | it | like a cold | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | present | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, it spreads through the air in the classroom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 spreads | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spreads | nsubj |
| 4 | spreads | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 air | det |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spreads | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 classroom | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 classroom | det |
| 10 | classroom | classroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spreads | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | present | it | the air | in the classroom | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, pollen allergy is not catching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 catching | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | pollen | pollen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 allergy | compound |
| 4 | allergy | allergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 catching | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 catching | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 catching | advmod |
| 7 | catching | catch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not catch | present · progressive | pollen allergy | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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