Test 7 · Sore throats, ears and eyes
Ben can't hear in class weeks after a cold. What might the doctor do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben, doctor · What happens: not hear, do
This is test 7 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: Ben can't hear in class weeks after a cold.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hear | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 hear | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 hear | advmod |
| 4 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 weeks | case |
| 6 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 weeks | compound |
| 7 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hear | obl |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 cold | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cold | det |
| 10 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hear | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear | can | Ben | after a cold; week | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
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: What might the doctor do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 doctor | det |
| 4 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | might | the doctor | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Wait and check again, maybe grommets if it stays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 check | cc |
| 3 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 check | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 grommets | punct |
| 6 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 7 grommets | advmod |
| 7 | grommets | grommet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wait | obl |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 stays | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stays | nsubj |
| 10 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | grommets | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | check | infinitive | you not said here | again | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | stay a condition, not said to happen | present | it | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Pull out his eardrum to let the fluid drain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Pull | compound:prt |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 eardrum | nmod:poss |
| 4 | eardrum | eardrum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 let | mark |
| 6 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pull | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 drain | det |
| 8 | fluid | fluid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 drain | amod |
| 9 | drain | drain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 let | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | imperative | you not said here | his eardrum | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | let | to-infinitive | you not said here | the fluid drain | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drain=Theme |
Option 3
Give him a new ear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ear | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ear | amod |
| 5 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a new ear | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ear=Theme |
Option 4
Tell him to listen harder in class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 listen | mark |
| 4 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | harder | hard | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 listen | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 class | case |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 listen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | listen not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | in class; hard property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in class=Theme |
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