Exam question 4 · When Grandma and Grandad need more help

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a chronic condition.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 condition	det
13	chronic	chronic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 condition	amod
14	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	.	.	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	a chronic condition		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus condition=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 arises suddenly and resolves entirely within a single week

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 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	2 arises	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 resolves	cc
5	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 arises	conj
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 resolves	advmod
7	within	within	ADP	_	10 week	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 week	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 week	amod
10	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resolves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It					suddenly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	resolve	present					week	entirely property	tree rules

Option 2

It is transmitted readily from one person to another

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 transmitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	readily	readily	ADV	_	3 transmitted	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 person	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 person	nummod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 another	case
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 person	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive		It				from one person to another; readily property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from person=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It persists over a long period and may be controlled but not cured

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 persists	nsubj
2	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	6 period	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 period	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 period	amod
6	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persists	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 controlled	cc
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 controlled	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 controlled	aux:pass
10	controlled	control	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 persists	conj
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 cured	cc
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 cured	advmod
13	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 controlled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	persist	present	It	a long period	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over period=Location
2	control	may · passive			vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»
3	not cure	participle			vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer

Option 4

It affects exclusively persons below the age of ten years

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 affects	nsubj
2	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 affects	advmod
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 affects	obj
5	below	below	ADP	_	7 age	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 age	det
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affects	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 years	case
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present	It	persons			below the age of ten years	exclusively property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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