Exam question 3 · Lily, the calm «princess»

Select the response consistent with established first-aid guidance in respect of an epistaxis (nosebleed) sustained during physical education.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, nosebleed · What happens: select, establish, sustain, respect · To what, where: response, respect, epistaxis

This is exam question 3 of lesson 386 «Lily, the calm «princess»» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 guidance	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 aid	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 aid	amod
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 established	advmod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 established	punct
9	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guidance	compound
10	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 respect	case
12	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 epistaxis	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 epistaxis	det
15	epistaxis	epistaxis	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 respect	nmod
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 nosebleed	punct
17	nosebleed	nosebleed	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sustained	nsubj
18	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 nosebleed	punct
19	sustained	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 epistaxis	acl:relcl
20	during	during	ADP	_	22 education	case
21	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 education	amod
22	education	education	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sustained	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	respect of a epistaxis			tree rules
2	establish	participle					first property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	sustain	past	nosebleed	a epistaxis not said here		during physical education		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent epistaxis=Theme
4	respect			a epistaxis				nom respect «cognition 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 nose is blown forcefully to clear it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nose	det
2	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blown	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blown	aux:pass
4	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	forcefully	forcefully	ADV	_	4 blown	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 clear	mark
7	clear	clear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 blown	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 clear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present · passive		the nose				forcefully property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient
2	clear	to-infinitive		nose					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source

Option 2

The pupil is placed supine upon the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux:pass
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	supine	supine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	xcomp
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		the pupil		the floor			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon floor=Destination

Option 3

The head is tilted backwards so as to arrest the flow of blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 head	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tilted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tilted	aux:pass
4	tilted	tilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	4 tilted	advmod
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 arrest	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 arrest	mark
8	to	to	PART	_	9 arrest	mark
9	arrest	arrest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tilted	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flow	det
11	flow	flow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arrest	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 blood	case
13	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tilt	present · passive		the head	backwards property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	arrest	to-infinitive		the flow of blood		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flow=Patient
3	flow		blood			nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The head is inclined forward and the soft portion of the nose is compressed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 head	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inclined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 inclined	aux:pass
4	inclined	incline	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	forward	forward	ADV	_	4 inclined	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 compressed	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 portion	det
8	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 portion	amod
9	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 compressed	nsubj:pass
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 nose	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nose	det
12	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 portion	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 compressed	aux:pass
14	compressed	compress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 inclined	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incline	present · passive		the head				forward property	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: subject=Patient
2	compress	present · passive		the soft portion of the nose					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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