Exam question 2 · Getting help is not telling tales

Given that a pupil has sustained a twisted ankle and concealed the injury, identify the principal consequence observed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, sustain, conceal, identify, observe · To what, where: pupil, injury, principal consequence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 sustained	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 sustained	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sustained	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sustained	aux
6	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 identify	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ankle	det
8	twisted	twisted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ankle	amod
9	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sustained	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 concealed	cc
11	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sustained	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 injury	det
13	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concealed	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sustained	punct
15	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 consequence	det
17	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 consequence	amod
18	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 identify	obj
19	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 consequence	acl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	sustain	present · perfect · passive		a pupil	tree rules
3	conceal	past		the injury	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Patient
4	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
5	observe	participle		the principal consequence not said here	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

The concealment prevented any further harm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 concealment	det
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prevented	nsubj
3	prevented	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 harm	det
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 harm	amod
6	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prevented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	past	the concealment	any further harm					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer harm=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The swelling increased substantially for want of treatment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 swelling	det
2	swelling	swelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 increased	nsubj
3	increased	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	substantially	substantially	ADV	_	3 increased	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 want	case
6	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 increased	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 treatment	case
8	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 want	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	past	the swelling					for want of treatment; substantially property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	want			treatment					nom want «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The ankle was strengthened by continued use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ankle	det
2	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strengthened	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 strengthened	aux:pass
4	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 use	case
6	continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 use	amod
7	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strengthened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strengthen	past · passive	continued use	the ankle					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	continue	participle							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The injury resolved more rapidly without intervention of any kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 injury	det
2	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resolved	nsubj
3	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 rapidly	advmod
5	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	3 resolved	advmod
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 intervention	case
7	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resolved	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 kind	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 kind	det
10	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 intervention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	past	the injury					without intervention of any kind; rapidly property	tree rules
2	intervene		any kind						nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent

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