Test 3 · ★ · Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn Gran: "I'm not going in that hospital, it's full of ill folk." Grandson: "Gran, that's like saying umbrellas cause rain." Why is his comparison good?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Gran, that, Grandson, comparison · What happens: not go, be, say, cause, compare · To what, where: hospital, rain · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 180 «Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn» of the world 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: Gran: "I'm not going in that hospital, it's full of ill folk."
nsubj punct punct nsubj aux advmod conj case det obl punct nsubj cop case amod obl punct punct root Gran NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX not PART going VERB in ADP that DET hospital NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX full ADJ of ADP ill ADJ folk NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran gran NOUN Number=Sing 14 full nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 7 going punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 7 going punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 going nsubj 5 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 going aux 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 going advmod 7 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Gran conj 8 in in ADP _ 10 hospital case 9 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 10 hospital det 10 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 7 going obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 1 Gran punct 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 full nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 full cop 14 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 15 of of ADP _ 17 folk case 16 ill ill ADJ Degree=Pos 17 folk amod 17 folk folk NOUN Number=Sing 14 full obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 14 full punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 14 full punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not go in a quote present · progressive I that hospital vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in hospital=Location 2 is in a quote present Gran of ill folk; full property 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.
Sentence 2: Grandson: "Gran, that's like saying umbrellas cause rain."
nsubj punct punct nsubj punct nsubj aux mark amod nsubj obj punct punct root Grandson NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Gran PROPN , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX like SCONJ saying VERB umbrellas NOUN cause VERB rain NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandson grandson NOUN Number=Sing 11 cause nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 Gran punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 Gran punct 4 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 11 cause nsubj 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 saying punct 6 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 saying nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 saying aux 8 like like SCONJ _ 9 saying mark 9 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 umbrellas amod 10 umbrellas umbrella NOUN Number=Plur 11 cause nsubj 11 cause cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 11 cause obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 11 cause punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 11 cause punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert in a quote present · progressive that vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 cause in a quote present Grandson rain vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition rain=Patient
Sentence 3: Why is his comparison good?
advmod cop nmod:poss nsubj punct root Why ADV is AUX his PRON comparison NOUN good ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 good advmod 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 good cop 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 comparison nmod:poss 4 comparison comparison NOUN Number=Sing 5 good nsubj 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 good punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Grandson's comparison good property tree rules 2 compare Grandson nom comparison «act transitive»: poss=agent
The options Option 1 Hospitals sell umbrellas to ill people
nsubj obj case amod obl root Hospitals NOUN sell VERB umbrellas NOUN to ADP ill ADJ people NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hospitals hospital NOUN Number=Plur 2 sell nsubj 2 sell sell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 umbrellas umbrella NOUN Number=Plur 2 sell obj 4 to to ADP _ 6 people case 5 ill ill ADJ Degree=Pos 6 people amod 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur 2 sell obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sell present Hospitals umbrellas ill people vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent umbrella=Theme to people=Recipient
Option 2 Umbrellas really do cause the rain
nsubj advmod aux det obj root Umbrellas NOUN really ADV do AUX cause VERB the DET rain NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Umbrellas umbrella NOUN Number=Plur 4 cause nsubj 2 really really ADV _ 4 cause advmod 3 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 cause aux 4 cause cause VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 rain det 6 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 4 cause obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cause present · do-support Umbrellas the rain vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition rain=Patient
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Rain makes people go to hospital
nsubj obj xcomp case obl root Rain NOUN makes VERB people NOUN go VERB to ADP hospital NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 people people NOUN Number=Plur 2 makes obj 4 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 makes xcomp 5 to to ADP _ 6 hospital case 6 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 4 go obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present Rain people tree rules 2 go infinitive people not said here hospital vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hospital=Initial_Location
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Umbrellas appear because of rain, as ill people appear in hospitals
nsubj case fixed obl punct mark amod nsubj conj case obl root Umbrellas NOUN appear VERB because ADP of ADP rain NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ ill ADJ people NOUN appear VERB in ADP hospitals NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Umbrellas umbrella NOUN Number=Plur 2 appear nsubj 2 appear appear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 5 rain case 4 of of ADP _ 3 because fixed 5 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 2 appear obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 appear punct 7 as as SCONJ _ 10 appear mark 8 ill ill ADJ Degree=Pos 9 people amod 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 10 appear nsubj 10 appear appear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 appear conj 11 in in ADP _ 12 hospitals case 12 hospitals hospital NOUN Number=Plur 10 appear obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 appear present Umbrellas because rain vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 appear present ill people hospitals vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hospital=Location
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