Exam question 2 · Getting better, caring for others and medicines
Whereas a friend with diabetes appears shaky, pale and confused, determine the appropriate course of action.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: appear, determine · To what, where: appropriate course
This is exam question 2 of lesson 82 «Getting better, caring for others and medicines» 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 | Whereas | whereas | SCONJ | _ | 3 friend | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 appears | obl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 diabetes | case |
| 5 | diabetes | diabetes | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod |
| 6 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | shaky | shaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 appears | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 pale | punct |
| 9 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shaky | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 confused | cc |
| 11 | confused | confused | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shaky | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 determine | punct |
| 13 | determine | determine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 appears | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 course | det |
| 15 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 course | amod |
| 16 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 determine | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 action | case |
| 18 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 course | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 appears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | present | whereas a friend with diabetes; shaky property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | determine | infinitive | the appropriate course of action | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=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
Give the friend some of one's own medicine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 medicine | case |
| 6 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 medicine | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 one | case |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 medicine | amod |
| 9 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 some | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | some | the friend | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient some=Theme | |||
| 2 | medicine | one | nom medicine «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Allow the friend to sleep it off without help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allow | allow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Allow | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 sleep | mark |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Allow | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sleep | obj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 sleep | compound:prt |
| 8 | without | without | ADP | _ | 9 help | case |
| 9 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | imperative | you not said here | the friend | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer friend=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | sleep off not said to happen | to-infinitive | the friend not said here | friend | without help | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Inform an adult at once, as the blood sugar may be too low
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inform | inform | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 adult | det |
| 3 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Inform | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Inform | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 low | punct |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 low | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sugar | det |
| 9 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sugar | compound |
| 10 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 low | nsubj |
| 11 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 low | aux |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 low | cop |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 14 low | advmod |
| 14 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Inform | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inform speech: other | imperative | you not said here | a adult | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | may | the blood sugar | low property | tree rules |
Option 4
Wait until the end of the school day to mention it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | ADP | _ | 4 end | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 end | det |
| 4 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 day | compound |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 end | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 mention | mark |
| 10 | mention | mention | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 mention | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | until the end of the school day | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mention speech: other | to-infinitive | you not said here | end | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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