Exam question 4 · Doctors, cuts and grazes

In respect of a wound exhibiting redness, heat, swelling and the discharge of pus, which statement most accurately characterises its condition?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wound, statement · What happens: exhibit, characteris, respect, discharge, condition · To what, where: redness, condition, respect, wound, pus

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 characterises	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 wound	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wound	det
5	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	exhibiting	exhibit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 wound	acl
7	redness	redness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exhibiting	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heat	punct
9	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 redness	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 swelling	punct
11	swelling	swelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 redness	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 discharge	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 discharge	det
14	discharge	discharge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 redness	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 pus	case
16	pus	pus	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 discharge	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 statement	punct
18	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	19 statement	det
19	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pus	conj
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 accurately	advmod
21	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	22 characterises	advmod
22	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 condition	nmod:poss
24	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 characterises	obj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	exhibit	gerund	a wound not said here	redness and heat and swelling and the discharge of pus and which statement			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent redness=Theme
2	characteris	present		statement's condition	respect of a wound	accurately property	tree rules
3	respect			a wound			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	discharge			pus and which statement			nom discharge «event transitive»: of=patient
5	condition		statement				nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent

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

The wound may be infected, and a parent ought to be informed without delay

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 wound	det
2	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 infected	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 infected	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 infected	aux:pass
5	infected	infect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 informed	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 informed	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 informed	nsubj:pass
10	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 informed	aux
11	to	to	PART	_	13 informed	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 informed	aux:pass
13	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 infected	conj
14	without	without	ADP	_	15 delay	case
15	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 informed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	infect	may · passive		the wound					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
2	inform speech: other	ought · passive		a parent				without delay	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

The wound requires only a tighter plaster in order to suppress the swelling

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	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 plaster	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plaster	det
6	tighter	tight	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 plaster	amod
7	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 order	case
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 suppress	mark
11	suppress	suppress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 requires	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 swelling	det
13	swelling	swelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 suppress	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the wound	a tighter plaster		order			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	suppress	to-infinitive	the wound not said here	the swelling					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swelling=Patient

Option 3

The wound is forming an ordinary scab and should be squeezed to assist it

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 forming	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forming	aux
4	forming	form	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 scab	det
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 scab	amod
7	scab	scab	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forming	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 squeezed	cc
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 squeezed	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 squeezed	aux:pass
11	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 forming	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 assist	mark
13	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 squeezed	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 assist	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	form	present · progressive	the wound	a ordinary scab	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location scab=Theme
2	squeeze	should · passive	the wound not said here		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»
3	assist	to-infinitive	the wound not said here	scab	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary

Option 4

The wound is healing with unusual rapidity and requires no further attention

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 healing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 healing	aux
4	healing	heal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 rapidity	case
6	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rapidity	amod
7	rapidity	rapidity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 healing	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 requires	cc
9	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 healing	conj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 attention	det
11	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 attention	amod
12	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present · progressive	the wound					with unusual rapidity	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with rapidity=Instrument
2	require	present	the wound not said here	no further attention					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition

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