Exam question 4 · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

Determine the appropriate course of action in respect of a cough that persists for several weeks.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cough · What happens: determine, persist, respect · To what, where: appropriate course, respect, cough

This is exam question 4 of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 cough	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cough	det
11	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respect	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 persists	nsubj
13	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cough	acl:relcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 weeks	case
15	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 weeks	amod
16	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 persists	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action	respect of a cough		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	persist	present	a cough			week	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	respect			a cough			nom respect «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice

It is cured by going out with wet hair

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 cured	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cured	aux:pass
3	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 going	mark
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cured	advcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 going	compound:prt
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hair	case
8	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hair	amod
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	present · passive		It					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source
2	go out	gerund						with wet hair	vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with hair=Co-Agent

Option 2

It requires no attention whatsoever

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 attention	det
4	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 requires	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	no attention				whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition

Option 3

It is to be treated with leftover antibiotics

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	5 treated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 treated	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 treated	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 treated	aux:pass
5	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 antibiotics	case
7	leftover	leftover	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 antibiotics	compound
8	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 treated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	present · passive		It				with leftover antibiotics	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with antibiotic=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It requires the attention of a doctor

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 attention	det
4	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 doctor	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 doctor	det
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	the attention of a doctor					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition
2	attend		a doctor						nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=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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