Exam question 4 · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

Determine the appropriate course of action whereas blood is observed in a child's urine or stools.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, observe · To what, where: appropriate course, blood, urine

This is exam question 4 of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	10 observed	mark
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observed	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 observed	aux:pass
10	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Determine	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	15 urine	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 urine	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 child	case
15	urine	urine	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observed	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 stools	cc
17	stools	stool	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 urine	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	observe	present · passive		blood		a child's urine or stools			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

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

Drink less water until it disappears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drink	obj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 disappears	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 disappears	nsubj
6	disappears	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Drink	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	imperative	you not said here	less water					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	disappear	present	water						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Inform a parent, as a doctor must examine it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Inform	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 examine	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 examine	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 doctor	det
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 examine	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 examine	aux
9	examine	examine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Inform	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 examine	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	imperative	you not said here		a parent				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	examine	must	a doctor	parent					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Disregard it, as it always resolves unaided

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disregard	disregard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Disregard	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 resolves	punct
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 resolves	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 resolves	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 resolves	advmod
7	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Disregard	parataxis
8	unaided	unaided	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 resolves	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	imperative	you not said here	it					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	resolve	present	it					always, unaided property	tree rules

Option 4

Conceal it, since it is a cause for shame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Conceal	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cause	punct
4	since	since	ADP	_	8 cause	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cause	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cause	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cause	det
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Conceal	parataxis
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 shame	case
10	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	imperative	you not said here	it					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	is	present	it				since a cause	for shame	tree rules

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