Exam question 3 · First aid, medicine and the sun

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning sunburn sustained in childhood.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, sustain · To what, where: response, concerning sunburn, childhood

This is exam question 3 of lesson 210 «First aid, medicine and the sun» of the everyday 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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sunburn	amod
10	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 facts	conj
11	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 sunburn	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 childhood	case
13	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sustained	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	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	sustain	participle		concerning sunburn not said here	childhood		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=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

It confers lasting protection against sunburn in later years

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 confers	nsubj
2	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lasting	last	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 confers	xcomp
4	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lasting	obj
5	against	against	ADP	_	6 sunburn	case
6	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lasting	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 years	amod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lasting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	It						tree rules
2	last	gerund		protection			year	against sunburn	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme protection=Value

Option 2

It affects only persons with dark skin

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 affects	nsubj
2	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 persons	advmod
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 affects	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 skin	case
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 skin	amod
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present	It	persons				with dark skin	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer

Option 3

It is harmless provided it heals

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	4 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 heals	nsubj
6	heals	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	heal	present	it						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It increases the risk of skin cancer in later life

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 increases	nsubj
2	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 risk	det
4	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cancer	case
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cancer	compound
7	cancer	cancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 risk	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 life	case
9	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 life	amod
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	It	the risk of skin cancer		later life			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer risk=Patient
2	risk			skin cancer					nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient

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