Test 5 · ★ · Colds, coughs and the weather

"doc gave me nothing for my cold!! rubbish doctor innit, I wanted antibiotics" What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: doc, I, antibiotics · What happens: give, want, be · To what, where: nothing, me, antibiotics, truth

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 4 «Colds, coughs and the weather» of the myths 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct
2	doc	doc	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 gave	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 cold	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cold	nmod:poss
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nothing	nmod
9	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
10	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 innit	compound
11	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 innit	compound
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wanted	punct
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 wanted	nsubj
15	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gave	parataxis
16	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 wanted	obj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 truth	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 truth	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 truth	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 truth	det
21	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 antibiotics	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	past	doc	nothing	me	for my cold; rubbish doctor innit obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Recipient nothing=Theme for cold=Asset
2	want in a quote	past	I	antibiotics and the truth			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot antibiotic=Theme
3	is a	present	antibiotics and the truth	the truth			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.

The options

Option 1

He should have given a double dose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 given	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	aux
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dose	det
6	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dose	amod
7	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	should · perfect · passive		He					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient dose=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The doctor was right, antibiotics don't work on cold viruses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 work	punct
6	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 work	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 work	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 work	advmod
9	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 right	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 viruses	case
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 viruses	amod
12	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the doctor					right property	tree rules
2	not work	present · do-support	antibiotics					on cold viruses	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on virus=Theme

Option 3

Antibiotics work on colds only in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 work	nsubj
2	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 colds	case
4	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 work	obl
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 winter	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Antibiotics				winter	on colds	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on cold=Theme

Option 4

The doctor just forgot that antibiotics cure colds really fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forgot	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 forgot	advmod
4	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 cure	mark
6	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cure	nsubj
7	cure	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forgot	ccomp
8	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cure	obj
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 fast	advmod
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 cure	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	the doctor						tree rules
2	cure	present	antibiotics	colds				fast property	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source

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