Test 1 · ★ · Germs, hygiene and vaccines
Sam has a cold and asks for antibiotics. What should the doctor say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, doctor · What happens: have, ask, say · To what, where: cold · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 37 «Germs, hygiene and vaccines» 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: Sam has a cold and asks for antibiotics.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cold | det |
| 4 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 asks | cc |
| 6 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 has | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 antibiotics | case |
| 8 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 asks | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Sam | a cold | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | Sam not said here | for antibiotics | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 should the doctor say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 doctor | det |
| 4 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | the doctor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Take double antibiotics for faster healing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 antibiotics | amod |
| 3 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 healing | case |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 healing | amod |
| 6 | healing | healing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | double antibiotics | for faster healing | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent antibiotic=Theme for healing=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Antibiotics cure every illness at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cure | nsubj |
| 2 | cure | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 illness | det |
| 4 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cure | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 cure | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | present | Antibiotics | every illness | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Antibiotics do not work on cold viruses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 work | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 work | advmod |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 viruses | case |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 viruses | amod |
| 7 | viruses | virus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not work | present · do-support | Antibiotics | on cold viruses | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on virus=Theme |
Option 4
Antibiotics turn a cold into flu
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cold | det |
| 4 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turn | obj |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 flu | case |
| 6 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | Antibiotics | a cold | flu | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cold=Theme into flu=Trajectory |
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