Exam question 3 · Getting better, caring for others and medicines

Which of the following most accurately characterises the use of aspirin in children under sixteen years of age?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, use · To what, where: use, aspirin

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
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	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 use	det
9	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 aspirin	case
11	aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 children	case
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 aspirin	nmod
14	under	under	ADP	_	16 years	case
15	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 years	nummod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 characterises	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 age	case
18	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 years	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the use of aspirin in children	year	accurately property	tree rules
3	use		aspirin in children			nom use «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

It is not given unless a doctor so directs

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 given	advmod
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	7 doctor	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 doctor	det
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 directs	advmod
9	directs	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give	present · passive		It				unless a doctor	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	direct	present							vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is the preferred remedy for all childhood pain

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 remedy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 remedy	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 remedy	det
4	preferred	preferred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remedy	amod
5	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 pain	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 pain	det
8	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pain	compound
9	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remedy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the preferred remedy				for all childhood pain	tree rules

Option 3

It may be given freely in any quantity

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	freely	freely	ADV	_	4 given	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 quantity	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 quantity	det
8	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	may · passive		It		any quantity		freely property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It is permitted provided it is taken with milk

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 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 taken	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 taken	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 taken	aux:pass
7	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permitted	advcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 milk	case
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive	It		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	provide	participle			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	take	present · passive	it	with milk	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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