Exam question 1 · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

Identify the principal reason for which a person who has sustained a snake bite ought to remain motionless pending the arrival of assistance.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, person, assistance · What happens: identify, sustain, remain, pend, arrive · To what, where: principal reason, snake bite, arrival

This is exam question 1 of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 remain	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 remain	nsubj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sustained	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sustained	aux
11	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 person	acl:relcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bite	det
13	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bite	compound
14	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sustained	obj
15	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 remain	aux
16	to	to	PART	_	17 remain	mark
17	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
18	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 remain	xcomp
19	pending	pend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 motionless	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 arrival	det
21	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pending	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 assistance	case
23	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 arrival	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	sustain	present · perfect	a person	a snake bite		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bite=Theme
3	remain	ought	a person	the principal reason not said here	for the principal reason; motionless property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pend	gerund	a person not said here	the arrival of assistance		tree rules
5	arrive		assistance			nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=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

Immobility renders the bite entirely painless at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immobility	immobility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bite	det
4	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 painless	advmod
6	painless	painless	ADV	_	2 renders	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 renders	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	Immobility	the bite				painless property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bite=Theme

Option 2

Immobility causes the venom to leave through the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immobility	immobility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 venom	det
4	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 leave	mark
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 causes	xcomp
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 skin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 skin	det
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	Immobility	the venom					tree rules
2	leave	to-infinitive	the venom not said here			the skin			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through skin=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Immobility retards the dissemination of venom through the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immobility	immobility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retards	nsubj
2	retards	retard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dissemination	det
4	dissemination	dissemination	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retards	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 venom	case
6	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissemination	nmod
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 body	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 body	det
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retards	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retard	present	Immobility	the dissemination of venom		the body			tree rules
2	disseminate			venom					nom dissemination «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Immobility deters the serpent from striking a second time upon the person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immobility	immobility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deters	nsubj
2	deters	deter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 serpent	det
4	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deters	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 striking	mark
6	striking	strike	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 deters	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 time	det
8	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 striking	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 person	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 striking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deter	present	Immobility	the serpent					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer serpent=Eventuality
2	strike	gerund	Immobility not said here				time	upon the person	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon person=Location

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