Exam question 4 · First aid, medicine and the sun

Ascertain the proper course of action following a hard blow to the head, the child feeling well.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: ascertain, follow, feel · To what, where: proper course

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 course	det
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 blow	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 blow	det
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 blow	amod
10	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 head	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 head	det
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blow	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 child	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 child	det
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blow	conj
17	feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 child	acl
18	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 feeling	advmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the proper course of action	follow a hard blow to the head and the child	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	feel	gerund	the child not said here		well property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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

Nothing whatever is required where the child feels perfectly well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 required	nsubj:pass
2	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 feels	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feels	nsubj
8	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	advcl
9	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	8 feels	advmod
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 feels	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Nothing					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	feel	present	the child					perfectly, well property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

The child is to run in order to clear his head

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	5 run	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 run	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 run	mark
5	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 clear	mark
9	clear	clear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 run	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 head	nmod:poss
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child			order		run property	tree rules
2	clear	to-infinitive	the child not said here	child's head					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent head=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An adult is to be informed, as the injury requires observation

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	6 informed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 informed	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 informed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 informed	aux:pass
6	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 requires	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 requires	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 injury	det
10	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requires	nsubj
11	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 informed	conj
12	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present · passive		a adult					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	require	present	the injury	observation					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme observation=Precondition

Option 4

The child is to sleep at once and tell nobody

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	5 sleep	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sleep	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sleep	mark
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 sleep	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tell	cc
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sleep	conj
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child					sleep property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	the child not said here		nobody				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient

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