Exam question 3 · The dentist and washing your hands

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the condition of the lip subsequent to a numbing injection.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, numb, condition · To what, where: response, condition, lip subsequent

This is exam question 3 of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 condition	det
11	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 subsequent	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 subsequent	det
14	lip	lip	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 subsequent	compound
15	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 condition	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 injection	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 injection	det
18	numbing	numb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 injection	amod
19	injection	injection	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 subsequent	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the condition of the lip subsequent to a numbing injection		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus condition=Experiencer
4	numb	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	condition			the lip subsequent to a numbing injection		nom condition «state 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

It is permanently numb and never regains its feeling

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 numb	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 numb	cop
3	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	4 numb	advmod
4	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 regains	cc
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 regains	advmod
7	regains	regain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 numb	conj
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 feeling	nmod:poss
9	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 regains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					numb, permanently property	tree rules
2	not regain	present		its feeling					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme

Option 2

It returns to normal sensation within one minute

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	2 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 sensation	case
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sensation	amod
5	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 minute	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 minute	nummod
8	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	It				minute	to normal sensation result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sensation=Result

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

It feels swollen for some hours and must not be bitten or chewed

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	2 feels	nsubj
2	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	swollen	swollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feels	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 hours	case
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 hours	det
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feels	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bitten	cc
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 bitten	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 bitten	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 bitten	aux:pass
11	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 feels	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 chewed	cc
13	chewed	chew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 bitten	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	It	hour	swollen property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	not bite	must · passive				vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»
3	chew	participle				vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It may be chewed freely, since it cannot be harmed

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 chewed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 chewed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 chewed	aux:pass
4	chewed	chew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	freely	freely	ADV	_	4 chewed	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 harmed	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 harmed	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 harmed	nsubj:pass
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 harmed	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 harmed	advmod
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 harmed	aux:pass
12	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 chewed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	may · passive		It				freely property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	not harm	can · passive		it					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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