Exam question 2 · Going to the doctor and the chemist
Identify the principal reason for which antibiotics are not issued in respect of the common cold.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, not issue, respect · To what, where: principal reason, antibiotics, respect, common cold
This is exam question 2 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 issued | obl |
| 7 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 issued | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 issued | aux:pass |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 issued | advmod |
| 10 | issued | issue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 respect | case |
| 12 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 issued | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 cold | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 cold | det |
| 15 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 cold | amod |
| 16 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 respect | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | 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 reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not issue | present · passive | antibiotics | respect of the common cold | for the principal reason | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for which=Recipient | |||
| 3 | respect | the common cold | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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
The common cold is caused by a virus, upon which antibiotics have no effect
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cold | det |
| 2 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cold | amod |
| 3 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caused | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 caused | aux:pass |
| 5 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 virus | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 virus | det |
| 8 | virus | virus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caused | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 have | punct |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 which | case |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 have | obl |
| 12 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 have | nsubj |
| 13 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 caused | conj |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 effect | det |
| 15 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present · passive | a virus | the common cold | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | present | antibiotics | no effect | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |
Option 2
The common cold is caused by bacteria resistant to all known forms of medicine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cold | det |
| 2 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cold | amod |
| 3 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caused | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 caused | aux:pass |
| 5 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 bacteria | case |
| 7 | bacteria | bacterium | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 resistant | obl |
| 8 | resistant | resistant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 caused | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 forms | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 forms | det |
| 11 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 forms | amod |
| 12 | forms | form | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 resistant | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 medicine | case |
| 14 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 forms | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present · passive | the common cold | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | know | participle | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | form | medicine | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
Antibiotics are prohibited for persons under eighteen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 3 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 persons | case |
| 5 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 prohibited | obl |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 eighteen | case |
| 7 | eighteen | eighteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 prohibited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | present · passive | Antibiotics | eighteen | for persons | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Antibiotics are reserved exclusively for persons over sixty-five
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 reserved | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 reserved | aux:pass |
| 3 | reserved | reserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | exclusively | exclusively | ADV | _ | 3 reserved | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 persons | case |
| 6 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 reserved | obl |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 five | case |
| 8 | sixty | sixty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 five | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 sixty | punct |
| 10 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 reserved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reserve | present · passive | Antibiotics | sixty five | for persons; exclusively property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for person=Beneficiary |
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