Test 11 · ★ · Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill
A cartoon shows a sick boy drinking a magic potion and being cured in one second. What is the real picture?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, sick boy, real picture · What happens: show, drink, cure, be · To what, where: sick boy, magic potion
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 59 «Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill» of the religion ethics 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: A cartoon shows a sick boy drinking a magic potion and being cured in one second.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 5 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 boy | amod |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 7 | drinking | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 boy | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 potion | det |
| 9 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 potion | amod |
| 10 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drinking | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 cured | cc |
| 12 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 cured | aux:pass |
| 13 | cured | cure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 drinking | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 second | case |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 second | nummod |
| 16 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cured | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a sick boy | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | drink | gerund | a sick boy not said here | a magic potion | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potion=Patient | ||||
| 3 | cure | gerund · passive | a sick boy not said here | second | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.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 is the real picture?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 picture | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 picture | amod |
| 5 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real picture | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Treatment can take months, and doctors can't promise every cure
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 take | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 promise | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 promise | cc |
| 7 | doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 promise | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 promise | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 promise | advmod |
| 10 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 take | conj |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 cure | det |
| 12 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 promise | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | can | Treatment | month | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not promise speech: promise | can | doctors | every cure | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent cure=Theme |
Option 2
Sick children always cure themselves if they rest for a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 children | amod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cure | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 cure | advmod |
| 4 | cure | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 cure | obj |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 rest | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 rest | nsubj |
| 8 | rest | rest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cure | advcl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | present | Sick children | children = child | always property | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer themselves=Source | |||
| 2 | rest a condition, not said to happen | present | children = child | day | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Potions like that are what real doctors use in hospitals today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Potions | potion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 use | nsubj |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 3 that | case |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Potions | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 use | cop |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 use | obj |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 doctors | amod |
| 7 | doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 use | nsubj |
| 8 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 hospitals | case |
| 10 | hospitals | hospital | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 use | obl |
| 11 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 use | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Potions like that | hospitals | today | use property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Every illness can be cured in one second with the right drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 illness | det |
| 2 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cured | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cured | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 cured | aux:pass |
| 5 | cured | cure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 second | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 second | nummod |
| 8 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cured | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 drink | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 drink | det |
| 11 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 drink | amod |
| 12 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cured | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | can · passive | every illness | second | with the right drink | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source |
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