Exam question 3 · Hospitals, operations and serious illness

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning chemotherapy and the loss of hair.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, chemotherapy

This is exam question 3 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	chemotherapy	chemotherapy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 loss	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 loss	det
15	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chemotherapy	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 hair	case
17	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 loss	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	chemotherapy and the loss of hair		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus chemotherapy=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

Loss of hair signifies that the treatment has wholly failed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signifies	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 hair	case
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Loss	nmod
4	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 failed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 treatment	det
7	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 failed	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 failed	aux
9	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	10 failed	advmod
10	failed	fail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 signifies	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	Loss of hair						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	fail	present · perfect	the treatment					wholly property	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The patient's hair is removed deliberately by hospital staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 patient	det
2	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hair	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 patient	case
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 removed	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 removed	aux:pass
6	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	6 removed	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 staff	case
9	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 staff	compound
10	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 removed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present · passive	hospital staff	the patient's hair				deliberately property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

Loss of hair is caused by the cancer itself and is permanent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 hair	case
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Loss	nmod
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 cancer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cancer	det
8	cancer	cancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	obl
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	8 cancer	nmod:unmarked
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 permanent	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 permanent	cop
12	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 caused	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the cancer Loss	Loss of hair					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	is	present	the cancer Loss not said here					permanent property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The treatment affects rapidly growing cells, and hair ordinarily regrows thereafter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 treatment	det
2	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 affects	nsubj
3	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	5 growing	advmod
5	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 affects	xcomp
6	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 growing	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 regrows	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 regrows	cc
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 regrows	nsubj
10	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	11 regrows	advmod
11	regrows	regrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 affects	conj
12	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	11 regrows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	affect	present	the treatment			tree rules
2	grow	gerund	the treatment not said here	cells	rapidly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cell=Theme
3	regrow	present	hair		ordinarily, thereafter property	tree rules

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