Exam question 2 · Cleaning chemicals and safety at home

In the event of a chemical substance entering the eye, which course of action is most consistent with established first-aid guidance?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chemical substance · What happens: enter, be, establish · To what, where: eye, event, aid guidance

This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Cleaning chemicals and safety at home» of the chemistry 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 event	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 event	det
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consistent	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 substance	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 substance	det
6	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 substance	amod
7	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 event	nmod
8	entering	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 substance	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eye	det
10	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 entering	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 course	punct
12	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	13 course	det
13	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 substance	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 action	case
15	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 course	nmod
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 consistent	cop
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 consistent	advmod
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
19	with	with	SCONJ	_	20 established	mark
20	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 consistent	advcl
21	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	24 guidance	advmod
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 first	punct
23	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 guidance	compound
24	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 established	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	enter	gerund	a chemical substance not said here	the eye			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination
2	is	present			the event of a chemical substance	consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle		aid guidance			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

Closure of the eye pending spontaneous recovery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Closure	closure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 eye	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eye	det
4	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Closure	nmod
5	pending	pend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Closure	acl
6	spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 recovery	amod
7	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pend	gerund	Closure of the eye not said here	spontaneous recovery					tree rules
2	close		the eye						nom closure «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Vigorous rubbing of the eye with a dry cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rubbing	amod
2	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eye	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eye	det
5	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 cloth	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cloth	det
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cloth	amod
9	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub			the eye				with a dry cloth	nom rubbing «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient with=obl

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Application of a household cleaner to neutralise the substance within the eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 neutralise	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 cleaner	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cleaner	det
4	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cleaner	compound
5	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Application	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 neutralise	mark
7	neutralise	neutralise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 substance	det
9	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 neutralise	obj
10	within	within	ADP	_	12 eye	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 eye	det
12	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 neutralise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neutralise	to-infinitive	Application of a household cleaner	the substance				within the eye	tree rules
2	apply		a household cleaner						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Copious rinsing with clean water and notification of an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copious	copious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rinsing	amod
2	rinsing	rinsing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rinsing	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 notification	cc
7	notification	notification	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 adult	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 notification	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notify			a adult					nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient

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