Exam question 3 · Helpers in town and building sites

It is given that a plaster cast has been applied to a fractured arm. Select the response consistent with its proper care.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: give, apply, fracture, select, care · To what, where: It, plaster cast, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a plaster cast has been applied to a fractured arm.

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	_	10 applied	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cast	det
6	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cast	compound
7	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 applied	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 applied	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 applied	aux:pass
10	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 arm	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 arm	det
13	fractured	fracture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 arm	amod
14	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 applied	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	apply	present · perfect · passive	a plaster cast	to a fractured arm	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	fracture	participle			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with its proper care.

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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 care	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 care	nmod:poss
7	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 care	amod
8	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	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	care		response						nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The skin beneath shall be scratched with a pencil to relieve itching

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skin	det
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scratched	nsubj:pass
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	2 skin	nmod
4	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 scratched	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 scratched	aux:pass
6	scratched	scratch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 pencil	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pencil	det
9	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scratched	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 relieve	mark
11	relieve	relieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 scratched	advcl
12	itching	itching	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 relieve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	shall · passive		the skin				with a pencil	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient with pencil=Instrument
2	relieve	to-infinitive		itching					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus itching=Experiencer

Option 2

The cast may be washed daily with warm water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cast	det
2	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washed	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 washed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 washed	aux:pass
5	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	daily	daily	ADV	_	5 washed	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	may · passive		the cast				with warm water; daily property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with water=Instrument

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The cast shall be kept dry and any increase in pain reported

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cast	det
2	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 kept	aux:pass
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kept	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reported	cc
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 increase	det
9	increase	increase	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reported	nsubj:pass
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 pain	case
11	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 increase	nmod
12	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 kept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	shall · passive		the cast				dry property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	report	participle · passive		any increase in pain					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The cast may be removed at night for comfort

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cast	det
2	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 removed	aux:pass
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 comfort	case
9	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	may · passive		the cast			night	for comfort	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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