Exam question 2 · Hospitals, operations and serious illness

Identify the principal purpose of the administration of a general anaesthetic prior to a surgical procedure.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, administration · What happens: identify, purpose, administer · To what, where: principal purpose, general anaesthetic

This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Hospitals, operations and serious illness» 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 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 administration	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 administration	det
7	administration	administration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 anaesthetic	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 anaesthetic	det
10	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 anaesthetic	amod
11	anaesthetic	anaesthetic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 administration	nmod
12	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 procedure	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 prior	fixed
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 procedure	det
15	surgical	surgical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 procedure	amod
16	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of the administration of a general anaesthetic	prior a surgical procedure	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	purpose		the administration of a general anaesthetic			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
3	administer			a general anaesthetic		nom administration «act 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

To cure the underlying illness without recourse to surgery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cure	mark
2	cure	cure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 illness	det
4	underlying	underlying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 illness	amod
5	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cure	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 recourse	case
7	recourse	recourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cure	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 surgery	case
9	surgery	surgery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cure	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	to-infinitive		the underlying illness				without recourse; to surgery	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source

Option 2

To remove the necessity for any subsequent period of rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remove	mark
2	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 necessity	det
4	necessity	necessity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 period	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 period	det
7	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 period	amod
8	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 rest	case
10	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	to-infinitive		the necessity				for any subsequent period of rest	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent necessity=Theme

Option 3

To ensure that the patient remains fully awake and alert throughout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ensure	mark
2	ensure	ensure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 awake	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 remains	det
5	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remains	amod
6	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 awake	nsubj
7	fully	fully	ADV	_	8 awake	advmod
8	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ensure	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 alert	cc
10	alert	alert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 awake	conj
11	throughout	throughout	PUNCT	_	2 ensure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ensure	to-infinitive							vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To induce a deep sleep such that the patient experiences no pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 induce	mark
2	induce	induce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 experiences	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sleep	det
4	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sleep	amod
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induce	obj
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 experiences	advmod
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 experiences	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 patient	det
9	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 experiences	nsubj
10	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 pain	det
12	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 experiences	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	to-infinitive	the patient not said here	a deep sleep					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Patient
2	experience	present	the patient	no pain					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus

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