Exam question 3 · Doctors, cuts and grazes

Pursuant to an injury inflicted by a rusty nail or by the bite of an animal, select the course of action consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: inflict, select, establish, bite · To what, where: injury, course, animal

This is exam question 3 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	18 select	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 injury	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 injury	det
4	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
5	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 injury	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 nail	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 nail	det
8	rusty	rusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nail	amod
9	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inflicted	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 bite	cc
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 bite	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bite	det
13	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nail	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 animal	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 animal	det
16	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bite	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
18	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 course	det
20	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 select	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 action	case
22	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 course	nmod
23	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 action	amod
24	with	with	ADP	_	27 facts	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 facts	det
26	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 facts	amod
27	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 consistent	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	inflict	participle		a injury not said here	by a rusty nail or the bite of a animal	tree rules
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the course of action	pursuant property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	bite			a animal		nom bite «state 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 · ✓ the right answer

An adult is informed, since a tetanus injection or medical examination may be required

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 informed	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 informed	cop
4	informed	informed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 required	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	15 required	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 injection	det
8	tetanus	tetanus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 injection	compound
9	injection	injection	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 required	nsubj:pass
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 examination	cc
11	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 examination	amod
12	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 injection	conj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 required	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 required	aux:pass
15	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 informed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a adult					informed property	tree rules
2	require	may · passive		a tetanus injection or medical examination					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 2

The nail or the animal is returned to its owner without further measures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nail	det
2	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 returned	nsubj:pass
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 animal	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nail	conj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 returned	aux:pass
7	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 owner	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 owner	nmod:poss
10	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 returned	obl
11	without	without	ADP	_	13 measures	case
12	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 measures	amod
13	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present · passive		the nail or the animal		animal's owner		without further measures	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to owner=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The wound is covered with a plaster and the incident is not reported to anyone

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wound	det
2	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 covered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 covered	aux:pass
4	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 plaster	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plaster	det
7	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 covered	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 reported	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 incident	det
10	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reported	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 reported	aux:pass
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 reported	advmod
13	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 covered	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 anyone	case
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present · passive		the wound				with a plaster	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with plaster=Theme
2	not report	present · passive		the incident	anyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to anyone=Recipient

Option 4

The injured party waits until pain develops on the following day before acting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 party	det
2	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 party	amod
3	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waits	nsubj
4	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 develops	mark
6	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 develops	nsubj
7	develops	develop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 waits	advcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 day	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 day	det
10	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 day	amod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 develops	obl
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 acting	mark
13	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 develops	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	wait	present	the injured party		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	develop	present	pain	day	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	act	gerund	pain not said here		vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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