Exam question 3 · Going where you're not allowed

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate first treatment of a minor burn?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, treat · To what, where: appropriate first treatment, minor burn

This is exam question 3 of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» 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 treatment	det
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 treatment	amod
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 treatment	amod
12	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 burn	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 burn	det
15	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 burn	amod
16	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 treatment	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the appropriate first treatment of a minor burn	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	treat		a minor burn		nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

The burn ought to be left without treatment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 burn	det
2	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 left	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 left	aux:pass
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 treatment	case
8	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	ought · passive		the burn				without treatment	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Ice ought to be applied directly for a prolonged period

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 applied	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 applied	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 applied	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 applied	aux:pass
5	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	directly	directly	ADV	_	5 applied	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 period	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 period	det
9	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 period	amod
10	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 applied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	ought · passive		Ice				for a prolonged period; directly property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for period=Eventuality
2	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The burn ought to be covered with butter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 burn	det
2	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 covered	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 covered	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 covered	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 covered	aux:pass
6	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 butter	case
8	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	ought · passive		the burn				with butter	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with butter=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The burn ought to be cooled beneath cool running water for approximately twenty minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 burn	det
2	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cooled	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 cooled	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 cooled	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 cooled	aux:pass
6	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	beneath	beneath	ADV	_	8 cool	advmod
8	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
9	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cooled	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 minutes	case
12	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	13 twenty	advmod
13	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 minutes	nummod
14	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cooled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	ought · passive		the burn			minute		tree rules
2	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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