Exam question 1 · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the treatment that assists a person bitten by a snake?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: treatment · What happens: follow, characteris, assist, bite · To what, where: treatment, person

This is exam question 1 of lesson 316 «Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo» 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	10 treatment	det
10	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 assists	nsubj
12	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 treatment	acl:relcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 person	det
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 assists	obj
15	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 person	acl
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 snake	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 snake	det
18	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bitten	obl:agent
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the treatment		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	assist	present	the treatment		a person		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Beneficiary
4	bite	participle		a person not said here			vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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

Cutting across the bite with a clean knife, in order to release the venom from the wound

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 release	csubj
2	across	across	ADP	_	4 bite	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bite	det
4	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cutting	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 knife	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 knife	det
7	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 knife	amod
8	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cutting	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 release	punct
10	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 release	mark
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 in	fixed
12	to	to	PART	_	13 release	mark
13	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 venom	det
15	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 release	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 wound	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wound	det
18	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 release	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	gerund				the bite		with a clean knife	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across bite=Location
2	release	to-infinitive	Cutting	the venom		the wound			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer venom=Source

Option 2

Running to make the blood carry it away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 carry	advcl
2	to	to	PART	_	3 make	mark
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Running	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 blood	det
5	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carry	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 carry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run	gerund	you not said here			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	the blood		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset blood=Product
3	carry away	imperative	you not said here	blood	away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Sucking the venom from the wound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sucking	suck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 venom	det
3	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sucking	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 wound	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wound	det
6	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sucking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck	gerund		the venom		the wound			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent venom=Theme from wound=Source

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

Antivenom given in hospital, while the person keeps calm and still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Antivenom	antivenom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keeps	nsubj
2	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Antivenom	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 hospital	case
4	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 given	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 keeps	punct
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 keeps	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keeps	nsubj
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 keeps	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 still	cc
12	still	still	ADV	_	10 calm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		Antivenom not said here		hospital			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	keep	present	Antivenom					calm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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