Exam question 3 · Sun safety

It being given that sunscreen is employed, select the practice consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, employ, select, establish · To what, where: It, sunscreen, practice

This is exam question 3 of lesson 46 «Sun safety» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 sunscreen	det
5	sunscreen	sunscreen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employed	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 employed	aux:pass
7	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 select	punct
9	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 practice	det
11	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 select	obj
12	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 select	xcomp
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 guidance	case
14	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 guidance	amod
15	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consistent	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It		tree rules
2	employ	present · passive	that sunscreen		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	select	infinitive	the practice	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Theme
4	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

A factor of five, applied once in the morning only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 factor	det
2	factor	factor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 applied	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 five	case
4	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 factor	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 factor	punct
6	applied	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 applied	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 morning	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 morning	det
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 applied	obl
11	only	only	ADV	_	6 applied	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	past	a factor of five				morning	once property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Any factor, applied after the skin has burned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 factor	det
2	factor	factor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 burned	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 applied	punct
4	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 factor	acl
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 skin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skin	det
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applied	obl
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 burned	aux
9	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	participle		any factor not said here			after the skin		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	burn	present · perfect · passive		any factor					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A factor of at least thirty, reapplied every two hours and after swimming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 factor	det
2	factor	factor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reapplied	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 thirty	case
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 least	case
5	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 thirty	nmod
6	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 factor	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 factor	punct
8	reapplied	reapply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 hours	det
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hours	nummod
11	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 reapplied	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 swimming	cc
13	after	after	ADP	_	14 swimming	case
14	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hours	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reapply	past	a factor of thirty at least				hour		tree rules

Option 4

A factor of thirty, applied once a week, which suffices for all outdoor activity

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 factor	det
2	factor	factor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 applied	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 thirty	case
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 factor	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 factor	punct
6	applied	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 applied	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 week	det
9	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 applied	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 suffices	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 suffices	nsubj
12	suffices	suffice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 week	acl:relcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 activity	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 activity	det
15	outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 activity	amod
16	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 suffices	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	past	a factor of thirty				week	once property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	suffice	present	a week					for all outdoor activity	tree rules

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