Exam question 2 · We're having a baby!

Identify the principal function of the scan conducted during pregnancy.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, conduct · To what, where: principal function, scan

This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «We're having a baby!» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 scan	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 scan	det
7	scan	scan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 scan	acl
9	during	during	ADP	_	10 pregnancy	case
10	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conducted	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of the scan					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	conduct	participle		the scan not said here			during pregnancy		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To administer medicine to the unborn baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 administer	mark
2	administer	administer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administer	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 baby	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 baby	det
6	unborn	unborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 baby	amod
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	to-infinitive		medicine	the unborn baby				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme to baby=Recipient

Option 2

To photograph the baby by means of ordinary light shone through the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 photograph	mark
2	photograph	photograph	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	csubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 photograph	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 means	case
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 light	case
8	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 light	amod
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl
10	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 light	acl
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 skin	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 skin	det
13	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	photograph	to-infinitive	the baby			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
2	mean	present			of ordinary light	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	shine	participle	ordinary light not said here	the skin		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through skin=Location

Option 3

To determine the baby's future height precisely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 determine	mark
2	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 height	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 baby	case
6	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 height	amod
7	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determine	obj
8	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	2 determine	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive		the baby's future height				precisely property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent height=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To check by means of sound waves that the baby is developing normally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 check	mark
2	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 means	nsubj
3	by	by	ADP	_	2 check	obl
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 waves	case
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waves	compound
7	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 means	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 developing	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 baby	det
10	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 developing	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 developing	aux
12	developing	develop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 waves	acl
13	normally	normally	ADV	_	12 developing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	check	to-infinitive				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present			of sound waves	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	develop	present · progressive	the baby	sound waves not said here	normally property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Product

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