Exam question 2 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds

Identify the principal reason for which a patient tells the doctor how the pain feels and when it started.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, patient, pain · What happens: identify, tell, feel, start · To what, where: principal reason, doctor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds» 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	9 tells	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 patient	det
8	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tells	nsubj
9	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 doctor	det
11	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tells	obj
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 feels	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pain	det
14	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 feels	nsubj
15	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tells	ccomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 started	cc
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 started	advmod
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 started	nsubj
19	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 feels	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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	tell speech: assert	present	a patient	the doctor	for the principal reason	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient clause=Topic
3	feel	present	the pain			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	start	past	pain			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 shortens the appointment

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 shortens	nsubj
2	shortens	shorten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 appointment	det
4	appointment	appointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shortens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shorten	present	It	the appointment					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent appointment=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The doctor cannot feel the pain and relies upon what is said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 feel	advmod
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pain	det
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 relies	cc
9	relies	rely	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	conj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 what	case
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 relies	obl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 said	aux:pass
13	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not feel	can	the doctor	the pain	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme
2	rely	present	the doctor not said here		vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present · passive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»

Option 3

Doctors must record the details in full for the purposes of insurance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 record	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 record	aux
3	record	record	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 details	det
5	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 record	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 full	case
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 record	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 purposes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purposes	det
10	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 full	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 insurance	case
12	insurance	insurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purposes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	must	Doctors	the details		full			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent detail=Theme in full=Destination
2	purpose		insurance						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

It replaces the examination

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 replaces	nsubj
2	replaces	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 examination	det
4	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replaces	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	present	It	the examination					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme examination=Co-Theme

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