Exam question 1 · Going to the doctor and the chemist

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a prescription?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: prescription

This is exam question 1 of lesson 20 «Going to the doctor and the chemist» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 prescription	det
10	prescription	prescription	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a prescription				of the following statements; accurately 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.

The options

Option 1

A certificate of absence from school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 certificate	det
2	certificate	certificate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 absence	case
4	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 certificate	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 certificate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	certificate			absence		school			nom certificate «communication transitive»: of=patient from=place

Option 2

A record of a patient's height and weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 record	det
2	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 height	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 patient	det
5	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 height	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 patient	case
7	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 weight	cc
9	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 height	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record			a patient's height and weight					nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A doctor's written authorisation for the supply of a medicine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 authorisation	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 doctor	case
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 authorisation	amod
5	authorisation	authorisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 supply	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 supply	det
8	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 authorisation	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 medicine	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 medicine	det
11	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 supply	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	authorise		a doctor					for the supply of a medicine	nom authorisation «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Option 4

A bill for the cost of a consultation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bill	det
2	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 cost	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cost	det
5	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bill	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 consultation	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 consultation	det
8	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cost	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost			a consultation					nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

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