Exam question 4 · Going to the doctor and the chemist

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a booster vaccination.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, booster vaccination

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 vaccination	det
11	booster	booster	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 vaccination	compound
12	vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a booster vaccination		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vaccination=Experiencer

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

It is administered exclusively to the elderly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 administered	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 administered	aux:pass
3	administered	administer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 administered	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 elderly	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 elderly	det
7	elderly	elderly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 administered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	present · passive		It	the elderly			exclusively property	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to elderly=Recipient

Option 2

It renders all earlier vaccinations unnecessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 earlier	advmod
4	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 vaccinations	amod
5	vaccinations	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 renders	obj
6	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	earlier vaccinations				unnecessary property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vaccination=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It augments the protection conferred by an earlier vaccination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 augments	nsubj
2	augments	augment	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 protection	det
4	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 augments	obj
5	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 protection	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 vaccination	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 vaccination	det
8	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 vaccination	amod
9	vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	augment	present	It	the protection					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent protection=Patient
2	confer	participle		the protection not said here				by a earlier vaccination	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It cures an infection already present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cures	nsubj
2	cures	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 infection	det
4	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cures	obj
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 present	advmod
6	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cures	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	present	It	a infection				present obl	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer infection=Source

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