Test 6 · ★★★ · Healthcare: who pays when you are ill
Ethan's grandpa in Toronto paid nothing for heart surgery, but his mum waited months for a knee specialist. What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandpa, mum, this · What happens: pay, wait, show · To what, where: nothing
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Healthcare: who pays when you are ill» of the politics 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: Ethan's grandpa in Toronto paid nothing for heart surgery, but his mum waited months for a knee specialist.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 grandpa | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ethan | case |
| 3 | grandpa | grandpa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 paid | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Toronto | case |
| 5 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 grandpa | nmod |
| 6 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 paid | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 surgery | case |
| 9 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 surgery | compound |
| 10 | surgery | surgery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nothing | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 waited | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 waited | cc |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 mum | nmod:poss |
| 14 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 waited | nsubj |
| 15 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 paid | conj |
| 16 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 waited | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 specialist | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 specialist | det |
| 19 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 specialist | compound |
| 20 | specialist | specialist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 waited | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 paid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | past | Ethan's grandpa in Toronto | nothing | for heart surgery | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent nothing=Asset for surgery=Theme | |||
| 2 | wait | past | grandpa's mum | month | for a knee specialist | vn exist-47.1 «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: What does this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Canada charges for heart surgery but not for knees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 charges | nsubj |
| 2 | charges | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 surgery | case |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 surgery | compound |
| 5 | surgery | surgery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 charges | obl |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 knees | cc |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 knees | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 knees | case |
| 9 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 surgery | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | present | Canada | for heart surgery but knees | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Knees are not covered by any health system anywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 covered | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 covered | advmod |
| 4 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 system | case |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 system | det |
| 7 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 system | compound |
| 8 | system | system | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 covered | obl |
| 9 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 system | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cover | present · passive | any health system | Knees | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination |
Option 3
Specialists in Canada are free and you can always see them on the same day
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Specialists | specialist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 free | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Canada | case |
| 3 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Specialists | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 free | cop |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 see | cc |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 see | advmod |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 free | conj |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 day | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 day | det |
| 14 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 day | amod |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Specialists in Canada | free property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | can | you | Specialists = specialist | day | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Free care for everyone and fast care for everyone are hard to do at once
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 care | amod |
| 2 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hard | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 everyone | case |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 care | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 care | cc |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 care | amod |
| 7 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 everyone | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 everyone | case |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 care | nmod |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 hard | cop |
| 11 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 do | mark |
| 13 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 hard | xcomp |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 once | case |
| 15 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 13 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Free care for everyone | hard property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | Free care for everyone not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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