Exam question 3 · The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the history of smallpox?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: history

This is exam question 3 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 history	det
10	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 smallpox	case
12	smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 history	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the history of smallpox				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 was eradicated by antibiotics in 1928, shortly after their discovery by Fleming in London

The tree, 15 words

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 eradicated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eradicated	aux:pass
3	eradicated	eradicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 antibiotics	case
5	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eradicated	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 1928	case
7	1928	1928	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 eradicated	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shortly	punct
9	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	3 eradicated	advmod
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 discovery	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 discovery	nmod:poss
12	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eradicated	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 Fleming	case
14	Fleming	Fleming	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 eradicated	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 London	case
16	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Fleming	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eradicate	past · passive	antibiotics	It		1928	after antibiotics's discovery	by Fleming in London; shortly property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	discover		antibiotics = antibiotic						nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It remains the most common illness of the present day

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 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 illness	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 common	advmod
5	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 illness	amod
6	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 illness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	It	the common illness of the present day					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme illness=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Following the first vaccine of 1796, the disease was declared eradicated throughout the world in 1980

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 vaccine	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vaccine	det
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 vaccine	amod
4	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 declared	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 1796	case
6	1796	1796	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 vaccine	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 vaccine	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 disease	det
9	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 declared	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 declared	aux:pass
11	declared	declare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	eradicated	eradicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 declared	xcomp
13	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	15 world	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 world	det
15	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 eradicated	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 1980	case
17	1980	1980	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 eradicated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	declare speech: other	past · passive	the disease			follow the first vaccine of 1796	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
3	eradicate	participle		1980	throughout the world		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is identical with the common cold

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 identical	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 identical	cop
3	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 cold	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cold	det
6	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cold	amod
7	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 identical	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					with the common cold; identical property	tree rules

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