Exam question 3 · Bites, stings and scratches: mosquitoes, wasps, ticks, dog…

Select the response consistent with the established guidance following any bite or sting received by a child.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established guidance · What happens: select, establish, follow, receive · To what, where: response, bite, sting

This is exam question 3 of lesson 399 «Bites, stings and scratches: mosquitoes, wasps, ticks, dog bites and cat scratches» 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 guidance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guidance	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 guidance	amod
8	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 guidance	acl
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 bite	det
11	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 following	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 sting	cc
13	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bite	conj
14	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 sting	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 child	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 child	det
17	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 received	obl
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	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	follow	gerund	the established guidance not said here	any bite or sting		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bite=Theme
4	receive	participle		sting not said here	by a child	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by child=Location

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 child shall refrain from informing any person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refrain	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 refrain	aux
4	refrain	refrain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 informing	mark
6	informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 refrain	advcl
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 informing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refrain	shall	the child						vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	inform speech: other	gerund	the child not said here		any person				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient

Option 2

The animal responsible shall be captured and retained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 captured	nsubj:pass
3	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 animal	amod
4	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 captured	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 captured	aux:pass
6	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 retained	cc
8	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 captured	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	shall · passive		the animal					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	retain	participle							tree rules

Option 3

The affected part shall be scratched vigorously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 part	det
2	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 part	amod
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scratched	nsubj:pass
4	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 scratched	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 scratched	aux:pass
6	scratched	scratch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	6 scratched	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	scratch	shall · passive		the affected part				vigorously property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An adult shall be informed forthwith, and the affected part washed and kept still and cool

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 informed	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 informed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 informed	aux:pass
5	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 informed	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 washed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 washed	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 part	det
10	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 part	amod
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 washed	nsubj:pass
12	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 informed	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 kept	cc
14	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 washed	conj
15	still	still	ADV	_	14 kept	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cool	cc
17	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 informed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	shall · passive	a adult		forthwith property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	affect	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	wash	participle · passive	the affected part			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	keep	participle		still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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