Test 9 · ★★★ · Healthcare: who pays when you are ill

Amira's dad sees doctors holding signs saying "Pay restoration": "Even doctors strike?" What are they asking for?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, doctors, signs · What happens: see, hold, say, pay, ask · To what, where: doctors, signs, restoration · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Amira's dad sees doctors holding signs saying "Pay restoration": "Even doctors strike?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Amira	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	nsubj
4	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sees	obj
6	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 sees	xcomp
7	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 holding	obj
8	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 holding	advcl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Pay	punct
10	Pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 saying	ccomp
11	restoration	restoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Pay	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Pay	punct
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 strike	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 strike	punct
15	Even	even	ADV	_	17 strike	advmod
16	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 strike	compound
17	strike	strike	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 strike	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 strike	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	present	Amira's dad	doctors	tree rules
2	hold	gerund	doctors not said here	signs	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
3	say speech: assert	gerund	doctors not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	pay in a quote	infinitive		restoration	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent restoration=Asset

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 are they asking for?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 asking	obj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asking	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asking	nsubj
4	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	4 asking	case
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 asking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present · progressive	signs = sign						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

An end to A&E so that they can work fewer nights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 end	det
2	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 E	case
4	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 E	det
5	&	&	CCONJ	_	6 E	cc
6	E	E	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 end	nmod
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 work	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 work	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 work	aux
11	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 end	acl
12	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 nights	amod
13	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 work	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	can	they	a end to a E not said here			night		vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent end=Material

Option 2

Shorter hospital corridors and smaller car parks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 parks	amod
2	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 corridors	compound
3	corridors	corridor	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Shorter	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 smaller	cc
5	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Shorter	conj
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 parks	compound
7	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Pay brought back up to what it was worth in the past

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	4 up	advmod
4	up	up	ADV	_	2 brought	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 what	case
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 brought	obl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 worth	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 worth	cop
9	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 what	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 past	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 past	det
12	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 worth	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	past	Pay						vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to what=Destination
2	is	past	Pay			the past		worth property	tree rules

Option 4

Free sweets and drinks for every patient on the ward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sweets	amod
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 drinks	cc
4	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sweets	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 patient	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 patient	det
7	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sweets	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 ward	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ward	det
10	ward	ward	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 patient	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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