Exam question 3 · Going to the doctor and the chemist

In the event that a person has ceased breathing, which of the following courses of action is required?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: cease, follow, require · To what, where: person, breathing, event

This is exam question 3 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 event	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 event	det
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 required	obl
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 required	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ceased	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ceased	aux
8	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 required	advcl
9	breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 required	nsubj:pass
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 courses	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 courses	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 courses	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 courses	det
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 courses	amod
15	courses	course	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 breathing	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 action	case
17	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 courses	nmod
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 required	aux:pass
19	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 required	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cease	present · perfect · passive	a person		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
2	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	require	present · passive	breathing and the following courses of action	the event	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

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

The booking of an appointment with the general practitioner for the following week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 booking	det
2	booking	booking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 appointment	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 appointment	det
5	appointment	appointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 booking	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 practitioner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 practitioner	det
8	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 practitioner	amod
9	practitioner	practitioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appointment	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 week	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 week	det
12	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 week	amod
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 practitioner	nmod

#	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	book			a appointment with the general practitioner for the following week					nom booking «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The immediate summoning of the emergency services by telephone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 summoning	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 summoning	amod
3	summoning	summoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 services	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 services	det
6	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 services	compound
7	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 summoning	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 telephone	case
9	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 summoning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon		telephone	the emergency services					nom summoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The awaiting of the person's spontaneous recovery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 awaiting	det
2	awaiting	awaiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 recovery	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recovery	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 person	case
7	spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 recovery	amod
8	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 awaiting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover		the person						nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The collection of a repeat prescription from the pharmacy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 collection	det
2	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 prescription	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prescription	det
5	repeat	repeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prescription	compound
6	prescription	prescription	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collection	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 pharmacy	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pharmacy	det
9	pharmacy	pharmacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prescription	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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