Exam question 1 · Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the correct first aid for a burn?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: correct first aid

This is exam question 1 of lesson 290 «Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 aid	det
10	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 aid	amod
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 aid	amod
12	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 burn	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 burn	det
15	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 aid	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the correct first aid				of the following statements; for a burn; accurately property	tree rules

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

Cool running water for twenty minutes, and an adult informed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
2	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 minutes	case
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 minutes	nummod
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 water	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 informed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 informed	cc
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 informed	nsubj
11	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 water	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	inform speech: other	participle	a adult	Cool running water for twenty minutes not said here					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Toothpaste spread thickly over it and left to dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spread	nsubj
2	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thickly	thickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 spread	xcomp
4	over	over	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spread	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 left	cc
7	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spread	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 dry	mark
9	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 left	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	spread	past	Toothpaste	it	thickly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over it=Location
2	leave	past	Toothpaste not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	dry	to-infinitive	Toothpaste not said here			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Butter or oil applied at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 oil	cc
3	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Butter	conj
4	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Butter	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 applied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	participle		Butter or oil not said here					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at once=Destination

Option 4

Ice held directly upon the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	directly	directly	ADV	_	2 held	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 skin	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 skin	det
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	Ice			the skin		directly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon skin=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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