Exam question 1 · The vet
Identify the principal purpose of the injection administered to a dog at its annual examination.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, injection, dog · What happens: identify, administer, purpose, examine · To what, where: principal purpose, injection, annual examination
This is exam question 1 of lesson 227 «The vet» of the biology 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 injection | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 injection | det |
| 7 | injection | injection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 purpose | nmod |
| 8 | administered | administer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 injection | acl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 dog | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 dog | det |
| 11 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 administered | obl:agent |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 examination | case |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 examination | nmod:poss |
| 14 | annual | annual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 examination | amod |
| 15 | examination | examination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 administered | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal purpose of the injection | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme | ||||
| 2 | administer | participle | the injection not said here | dog's annual examination | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | purpose | the injection | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 4 | examine | dog | nom examination «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The vaccine enables the body to acquire resistance against specified diseases
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vaccine | det |
| 2 | vaccine | vaccine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 enables | nsubj |
| 3 | enables | enable | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 body | det |
| 5 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 enables | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 acquire | mark |
| 7 | acquire | acquire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 enables | advcl |
| 8 | resistance | resistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 acquire | obj |
| 9 | against | against | ADP | _ | 11 diseases | case |
| 10 | specified | specify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 diseases | amod |
| 11 | diseases | disease | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 acquire | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enable | present | the vaccine | the body | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | acquire | to-infinitive | the vaccine not said here | resistance | against specified diseases | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset resistance=Theme | |||
| 3 | specify | participle | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The injection promotes an increase in the size of the animal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 injection | det |
| 2 | injection | injection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 promotes | nsubj |
| 3 | promotes | promote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 increase | det |
| 5 | increase | increase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 promotes | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 size | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 size | det |
| 8 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 increase | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 animal | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 animal | det |
| 11 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 size | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promote | present | the injection | a increase | the size of the animal | vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent increase=Theme |
Option 3
The injection ensures uninterrupted sleep during the night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 injection | det |
| 2 | injection | injection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ensures | nsubj |
| 3 | ensures | ensure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | uninterrupted | uninterrupted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sleep | amod |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ensures | obj |
| 6 | during | during | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ensures | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ensure | present | the injection | uninterrupted sleep | night | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sleep=Theme |
Option 4
The injection supplies nourishment sufficient for a period of one year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 injection | det |
| 2 | injection | injection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 supplies | nsubj |
| 3 | supplies | supply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | nourishment | nourishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 supplies | obj |
| 5 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 supplies | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 period | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 period | det |
| 8 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 supplies | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 year | case |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 year | nummod |
| 11 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 period | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | present | the injection | nourishment | for a period of one year; sufficient property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nourishment=Theme for period=Recipient |
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