Exam question 4 · Cleaning chemicals and safety at home
It is given that a young child is suspected of having ingested a button battery. Select the response that is consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: give, suspect, ingest, select, be, establish · To what, where: It, young child, button battery, response
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a young child is suspected of having ingested a button battery.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 suspected | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 6 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 child | amod |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 suspected | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 suspected | aux:pass |
| 9 | suspected | suspect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 12 ingested | mark |
| 11 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 ingested | aux |
| 12 | ingested | ingest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 suspected | xcomp |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 battery | det |
| 14 | button | button | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 battery | compound |
| 15 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ingested | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | suspect | present · passive | a young child | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | ingest | gerund · perfect | a button battery | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal battery=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts.
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 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The battery is harmless once swallowed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 battery | det |
| 2 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 harmless | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 harmless | cop |
| 4 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 swallowed | advmod |
| 6 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 harmless | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the battery | harmless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | swallow | participle | the battery not said here | once property | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Observation for several days is sufficient
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Observation | observation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sufficient | nsubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 days | case |
| 3 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 days | amod |
| 4 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Observation | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sufficient | cop |
| 6 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Observation for several days | sufficient property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Immediate attendance at hospital is required
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 attendance | amod |
| 2 | attendance | attendance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 required | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 hospital | case |
| 4 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 attendance | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 required | aux:pass |
| 6 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | Immediate attendance at hospital | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
Option 4
A carbonated drink should be administered
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 drink | det |
| 2 | carbonated | carbonate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 drink | amod |
| 3 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 administered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 administered | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 administered | aux:pass |
| 6 | administered | administer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carbonate | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | administer | should · passive | a carbonated drink | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
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