Exam question 2 · Allergies, horses and farm animals

It being given that a person suffers anaphylaxis, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: person · What happens: give, suffer, select, establish · To what, where: It, anaphylaxis, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm animals» 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	SCONJ	_	7 suffers	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffers	nsubj
7	suffers	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	anaphylaxis	anaphylaxis	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffers	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 select	punct
10	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 course	det
12	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 select	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 action	case
14	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 course	nmod
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 action	amod
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 guidance	case
17	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 guidance	amod
18	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 consistent	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	suffer	present	a person	anaphylaxis	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anaphylaxis=Stimulus
3	select	infinitive		the course of action	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=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

To give the person a glass of water and to wait until the swelling subsides

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 glass	det
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glass	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wait	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 wait	mark
11	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 give	conj
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 subsides	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 swelling	det
14	swelling	swelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 subsides	nsubj
15	subsides	subside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		a glass of water	the person	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent person=Recipient glass=Theme
2	wait	to-infinitive				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	subside	present	the swelling			vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

To give the person a cold shower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shower	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shower	amod
7	shower	shower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		a cold shower	the person				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent person=Recipient shower=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To call the emergency number at once and to assist with the adrenaline pen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 call	mark
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
4	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 number	compound
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 call	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 assist	cc
9	to	to	PART	_	10 assist	mark
10	assist	assist	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 call	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 pen	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pen	det
13	adrenaline	adrenaline	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pen	compound
14	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 assist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	to-infinitive		the emergency number					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent number=Theme at once=Stimulus
2	assist	to-infinitive						with the adrenaline pen	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pen=Theme

Option 4

To let the person lie down and sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 let	mark
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 let	obj
5	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 lie	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sleep	cc
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 let	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	to-infinitive		the person		tree rules
2	lie down	infinitive	the person not said here		down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sleep	present				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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