Exam question 2 · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of sucking or incising a snake bite?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: practice · What happens: follow, characteris, suck, incise · To what, where: practice, snake bite

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 practice	det
10	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 sucking	mark
12	sucking	suck	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 practice	acl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 incising	cc
14	incising	incise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 sucking	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bite	det
16	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bite	compound
17	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 incising	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the practice	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	suck	gerund	the practice not said here			vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	incise	gerund	the practice not said here	a snake bite		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bite=Destination

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

It is recommended where no adult is in attendance

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 recommended	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 recommended	aux:pass
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 attendance	advmod
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attendance	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 attendance	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 attendance	case
9	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recommended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recommend	present · passive		It					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	no adult			attendance			tree rules

Option 2

It is effective provided that it is performed without any delay

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	4 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 performed	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 performed	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 performed	aux:pass
8	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 provided	advcl
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 delay	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 delay	det
11	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	perform	present · passive		it				without any delay	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It is effective solely in respect of small serpents

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 effective	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 effective	cop
3	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 effective	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effective	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 serpents	case
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 serpents	amod
9	serpents	serpent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			respect of small serpents		effective, solely property	tree rules
2	respect			small serpents					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is ineffective and is liable to cause additional harm

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 ineffective	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ineffective	cop
3	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 liable	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 liable	cop
6	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ineffective	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 cause	mark
8	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 liable	advcl
9	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 harm	amod
10	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		ineffective property	tree rules
2	is	present			liable property	tree rules
3	cause	to-infinitive		additional harm		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient

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