Exam question 4 · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…

State the reason for which a bee sting may prove dangerous to certain persons.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bee sting · What happens: prove

This is exam question 4 of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 prove	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sting	det
7	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sting	compound
8	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prove	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 prove	aux
10	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reason	parataxis
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 prove	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 persons	case
13	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 persons	amod
14	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 prove	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	may	a bee sting					for the State reason; to certain persons; dangerous property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to person=Experiencer

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 causes the person to become a beekeeper

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 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 become	mark
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 causes	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 beekeeper	det
8	beekeeper	beekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	the person					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition person=Patient
2	become	to-infinitive		a beekeeper					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It always causes a high fever lasting several days

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 causes	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 causes	advmod
3	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fever	det
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fever	amod
6	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 causes	obj
7	lasting	last	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 fever	acl
8	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 days	amod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lasting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	a high fever				always property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fever=Patient
2	last	gerund	a high fever not said here				day		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is invariably fatal to everyone

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 fatal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fatal	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 fatal	advmod
4	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 everyone	case
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 fatal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to everyone; fatal, invariably property	tree rules

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

It may cause a severe allergic reaction with swelling and difficult breathing

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 cause	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	aux
3	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reaction	det
5	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reaction	amod
6	allergic	allergic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reaction	amod
7	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 swelling	case
9	swelling	swelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 breathing	cc
11	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 breathing	amod
12	breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swelling	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	may	It	a severe allergic reaction				with swelling and difficult breathing	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition reaction=Patient

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