Exam question 3 · Bees, wasps and stings

It being given that swelling of the face or throat and difficulty in breathing follow a sting, select the most accurate characterisation of the situation.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: difficulty, face · What happens: give, breathe, follow, select, swell, characterise · To what, where: It, sting, accurate characterisation, situation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Bees, wasps and stings» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 swelling	det
5	swelling	swelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 face	det
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swelling	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 throat	cc
10	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 face	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 difficulty	cc
12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 face	conj
13	in	in	SCONJ	_	14 breathing	mark
14	breathing	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 difficulty	acl
15	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 breathing	xcomp
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 sting	det
17	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 follow	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 select	punct
19	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 follow	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 characterisation	det
21	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	22 accurate	advmod
22	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 characterisation	amod
23	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 select	obj
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 situation	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 situation	det
26	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 characterisation	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient swelling=Theme
2	breathe	gerund	difficulty not said here		tree rules
3	follow	infinitive	difficulty not said here	a sting	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sting=Theme
4	select	infinitive	difficulty not said here	the accurate characterisation of the situation	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Theme
5	swell		the face or throat and difficulty		nom swelling «state intransitive»: of=agent
6	characterise			the situation	nom characterisation «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes a medical emergency

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 emergency	det
4	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 emergency	amod
5	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a medical emergency					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme emergency=Pivot

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It indicates only that the sting was painful

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	8 painful	advmod
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 painful	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sting	det
6	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 painful	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 painful	cop
8	painful	painful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	past	the sting					painful property	tree rules

Option 3

It is an ordinary reaction requiring no attention

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	5 reaction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reaction	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reaction	det
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reaction	amod
5	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 reaction	acl
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 attention	det
8	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a ordinary reaction					tree rules
2	require	gerund	a ordinary reaction not said here	no attention					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition

Option 4

It may be treated by rest alone

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 treated	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 treated	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 treated	aux:pass
4	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 rest	case
6	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 treated	obl
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 treated	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	may · passive	rest	It				alone property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

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