Exam question 4 · Getting better, caring for others and medicines

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the medicine of another person.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, medicine · To what, where: response, medicine, person

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 medicine	det
11	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 person	case
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	14 person	det
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 medicine	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the medicine of another person		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus medicine=Experiencer
4	medicine			another person		nom medicine «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

It may be taken if one's symptoms appear similar

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 taken	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 appear	mark
6	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 appear	nsubj
7	's	's	PART	_	6 one	case
8	symptoms	symptom	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 one	conj
9	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	advcl
10	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 appear	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	may · passive		It					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	appear a condition, not said to happen	present	one					similar property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It must not be taken, as it was meant for their body and illness

The tree, 14 words

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 taken	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 taken	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taken	aux:pass
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 meant	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 meant	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 meant	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 meant	aux:pass
10	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 taken	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 body	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 body	nmod:poss
13	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meant	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 illness	cc
15	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 body	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	must · passive		It					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	mean	past · passive		it				for their body and illness	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for body=Attribute

Option 3

It may be taken if the person gives permission

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 taken	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 gives	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	nsubj
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	advcl
9	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	may · passive		It					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	give a condition, not said to happen	present	the person	permission					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme

Option 4

It may be taken provided the dose is halved

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 taken	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 provided	csubj:pass
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dose	det
7	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 halved	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 halved	aux:pass
9	halved	halve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	take	may · passive	It	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	provide	past		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	halve	present · passive	the dose	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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