Exam question 1 · Doctors, cuts and grazes

Which of the following procedures constitutes the appropriate initial treatment of a minor abrasion sustained upon a playground surface?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, constitute, sustain, treat · To what, where: appropriate initial treatment, minor abrasion

This is exam question 1 of lesson 83 «Doctors, cuts and grazes» 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	6 constitutes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 procedures	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 procedures	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 procedures	amod
5	procedures	procedure	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 constitutes	obl
6	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 treatment	det
8	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 treatment	amod
9	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 treatment	amod
10	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constitutes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 abrasion	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 abrasion	det
13	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 abrasion	amod
14	abrasion	abrasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 treatment	nmod
15	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 abrasion	acl
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 surface	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 surface	det
18	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 surface	compound
19	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sustained	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present	the appropriate initial treatment of a minor abrasion	of the following procedures	tree rules
3	sustain	participle	a minor abrasion not said here	upon a playground surface	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
4	treat		a minor abrasion		nom treatment «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

Irrigation with clean water, firm pressure with a clean cloth, and the application of a plaster

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 water	case
3	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Irrigation	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pressure	punct
6	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pressure	amod
7	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Irrigation	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 cloth	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cloth	det
10	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cloth	amod
11	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pressure	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 application	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 application	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 application	det
15	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Irrigation	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 plaster	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 plaster	det
18	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 application	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply		a plaster						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Vigorous scrubbing with soil so as to toughen the surrounding skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vigorous	Vigorous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 scrubbing	nsubj
2	scrubbing	scrub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 soil	case
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scrubbing	obl
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 toughen	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 toughen	mark
7	to	to	PART	_	8 toughen	mark
8	toughen	toughen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 scrubbing	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 skin	det
10	surrounding	surrounding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skin	compound
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 toughen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scrub	gerund	Vigorous					with soil	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	toughen	to-infinitive	Vigorous not said here	the surrounding skin					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skin=Patient

Option 3

The application of butter, followed by exposure to the open air without a covering

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 application	det
2	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 butter	case
4	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 application	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 followed	punct
6	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 exposure	case
8	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	obl:agent
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 air	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 air	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 air	amod
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	obl
13	without	without	ADP	_	15 covering	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 covering	det
15	covering	covering	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle · passive	exposure	the application of butter		the open air		without a covering	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to air=Trajectory
2	apply		butter						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The immediate removal of all loosened skin prior to any washing whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 removal	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 removal	amod
3	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 washing	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 skin	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 skin	det
6	loosened	loosen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 skin	amod
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removal	nmod
8	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 washing	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 prior	fixed
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 washing	det
11	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	11 washing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	loosen	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	remove			all loosened skin					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

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