Exam question 2 · Food, drinks and feeling ill

Which of the following most accurately characterises a rash that does not fade beneath a glass pressed upon it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rash · What happens: follow, characteris, not fade, press · To what, where: rash

This is exam question 2 of lesson 81 «Food, drinks and feeling ill» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rash	det
9	rash	rash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 fade	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fade	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 fade	advmod
13	fade	fade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 rash	acl:relcl
14	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	16 glass	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 glass	det
16	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fade	obl
17	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 fade	advcl
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 pressed	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	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		a rash	accurately property	tree rules
3	not fade	present · do-support	a rash		beneath a glass	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	press	participle	a rash not said here		upon glass	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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

It is caused by the glass and requires nothing

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 glass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 glass	det
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 requires	cc
8	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	conj
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the glass	It					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	require	present	the glass not said here	nothing					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nothing=Precondition

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is a minor rash that will fade by morning

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 rash	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rash	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rash	det
4	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rash	amod
5	rash	rash	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 fade	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 fade	aux
8	fade	fade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rash	acl:relcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 morning	case
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fade	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a minor rash					tree rules
2	fade	future	a minor rash				morning		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It indicates a mild allergy to the drinking glass

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 allergy	det
4	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 allergy	amod
5	allergy	allergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 glass	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 glass	det
8	drinking	drinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 glass	compound
9	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allergy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a mild allergy				to the drinking glass	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot allergy=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It requires urgent medical help, as it may signify meningitis

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	urgent	urgent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 help	amod
4	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 help	amod
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 signify	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 signify	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 signify	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 signify	aux
10	signify	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requires	conj
11	meningitis	meningitis	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signify	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	urgent medical help					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme help=Precondition
2	signify	may	help	meningitis					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot meningitis=Theme

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