Exam question 2 · Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight

Identify the principal reason for which a person who has struck their head hard should inform an adult even if they feel well.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, person, they · What happens: identify, strike, inform, feel · To what, where: principal reason, head, adult

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 inform	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 inform	nsubj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 struck	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 struck	aux
11	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 person	acl:relcl
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 head	nmod:poss
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 struck	obj
14	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 struck	advmod
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 inform	aux
16	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 adult	det
18	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 inform	obj
19	even	even	ADV	_	22 feel	advmod
20	if	if	SCONJ	_	22 feel	mark
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 feel	nsubj
22	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 inform	advcl
23	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 feel	advmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	strike	present · perfect	a person	their head		hard property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
3	inform speech: other	should	a person		a adult	for the principal reason	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
4	feel a condition, not said to happen	present	they			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

It prevents any bruise from forming

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 prevents	nsubj
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 bruise	det
4	bruise	bruise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevents	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 forming	mark
6	forming	form	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevents	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	It	any bruise					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bruise=Theme
2	form	gerund							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Adults must record every injury for school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 record	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 record	aux
3	record	record	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 injury	det
5	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 record	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 record	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	must	Adults	every injury				for school	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Theme

Option 3

A head injury is always visible at once, so one would know already

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 injury	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 injury	compound
3	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 visible	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 visible	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 visible	advmod
6	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 visible	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 know	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 know	advmod
11	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 know	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 know	aux
13	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 visible	parataxis
14	already	already	ADV	_	13 know	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a head injury					always, visible property	tree rules
2	know	would	one						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Signs of injury may appear hours later and need a doctor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 appear	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 injury	case
3	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Signs	nmod
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 appear	aux
5	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 later	obl:unmarked
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 appear	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 need	cc
9	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 appear	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 doctor	det
11	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	appear	may	Signs of injury		late property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	need	present	Signs of injury not said here	a doctor		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot doctor=Theme
3	sign			injury		nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

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