Test 13 · Medicines, doctors and hospitals

my sister reckons antibiotics cure a cold. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, antibiotics · What happens: reckon, cure · To what, where: cold

This is test 13 of lesson 94 «Medicines, doctors and hospitals» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cure	nsubj
5	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reckons	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cold	det
7	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cure	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cure	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	5 cure	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my sister						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	cure	infinitive	antibiotics	a cold					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, antibiotics kill bacteria, and colds are caused by viruses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 kill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kill	nsubj
4	kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kill	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 caused	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 caused	cc
8	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 caused	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 caused	aux:pass
10	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 kill	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 viruses	case
12	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	present	antibiotics	bacteria					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bacteria=Theme
2	cause	present · passive	viruses	colds					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

Option 2

Yes, antibiotics cure every illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 cure	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cure	nsubj
4	cure	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 illness	det
6	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cure	obj

#	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

No, antibiotics only cure broken bones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 antibiotics	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cure	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 cure	advmod
5	cure	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bones	amod
7	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cure	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	present	antibiotics	broken bones					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer bone=Source
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Yes, but only if you take a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 take	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 take	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 take	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 take	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 take	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 take	nsubj
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lot	det
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	you	a lot					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

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