Exam question 4 · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

Select the first aid that is consistent with established Australian guidance for a snake bite.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, first aid · What happens: select, be, establish · To what, where: first aid

This is exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» 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	4 aid	det
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 aid	amod
4	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consistent	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 aid	acl:relcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 guidance	case
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 guidance	amod
10	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 guidance	amod
11	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 bite	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bite	det
14	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bite	compound
15	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guidance	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the first aid		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aid=Theme
2	is	present	the first aid		with established Australian guidance for a snake bite; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				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 · ← Mova's choice

A tight cord tied above the bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cord	det
2	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cord	amod
3	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cord	acl
5	above	above	ADP	_	7 bite	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bite	det
7	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		a tight cord not said here		the bite			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The cutting of the wound and the sucking out of the venom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cutting	det
2	cutting	cutting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 wound	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wound	det
5	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cutting	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sucking	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sucking	det
8	sucking	suck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cutting	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 venom	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 venom	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 venom	det
12	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sucking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck out	gerund		the venom					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent venom=Source
2	cut		the wound						nom cutting «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A firm pressure bandage, the limb being kept still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bandage	det
2	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bandage	amod
3	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bandage	compound
4	bandage	bandage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	nsubj:pass
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bandage	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 limb	det
7	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	nsubj:pass
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 kept	aux:pass
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	still	still	ADV	_	9 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund · passive		a firm pressure bandage			still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Encouraging the person to walk to seek help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Encouraging	encourage	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Encouraging	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 walk	mark
5	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Encouraging	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 seek	mark
7	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 walk	advcl
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seek	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	encourage	gerund		the person	vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent person=Recipient clause=Topic
2	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive	the person not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	seek	to-infinitive	the person not said here	help	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme

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