Exam question 2 · Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns

Determine the correct treatment of a burn sustained to the skin in a domestic kitchen.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, sustain, treat · To what, where: correct treatment, burn, domestic kitchen

This is exam question 2 of lesson 84 «Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 treatment	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 treatment	amod
4	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 burn	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 burn	det
7	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 treatment	nmod
8	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 burn	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 skin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 skin	det
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sustained	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 kitchen	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 kitchen	det
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 kitchen	amod
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sustained	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the correct treatment of a burn			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Topic
2	sustain	participle		a burn not said here	a domestic kitchen	to the skin	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	treat			a burn			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

The placement of ice directly upon the burn for as long as it can be tolerated

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 placement	det
2	placement	placement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 burn	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 ice	case
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placement	nmod
5	directly	directly	ADV	_	8 burn	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 burn	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 burn	det
8	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 long	case
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 long	advmod
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 burn	amod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 tolerated	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tolerated	nsubj:pass
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 tolerated	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 tolerated	aux:pass
16	tolerated	tolerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tolerate	can · passive		placement					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2

The application of butter or toothpaste immediately after the injury has occurred

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	12 occurred	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 butter	case
4	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 application	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 toothpaste	cc
6	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 application	conj
7	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	10 injury	advmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 injury	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 injury	det
10	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 application	conj
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 occurred	aux
12	occurred	occur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present · perfect · passive		the application of butter or toothpaste and the injury					tree rules
2	apply		butter						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The deliberate rupture of any blister in order that the skin may breathe freely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rupture	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rupture	amod
3	rupture	rupture	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breathe	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 blister	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 blister	det
6	blister	blister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rupture	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blister	nmod
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 skin	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 skin	det
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 order	acl
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 breathe	aux
13	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	freely	freely	ADV	_	13 breathe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	may	the deliberate rupture of any blister in order					freely property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rupture			any blister in order					nom rupture «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cooling under cool running water for twenty minutes, an adult having been informed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cooling	cool	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 informed	advcl
2	under	under	ADP	_	5 water	case
3	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
4	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cooling	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 minutes	case
7	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 minutes	nummod
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Cooling	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Cooling	punct
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 informed	nsubj:pass
12	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 informed	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 informed	aux:pass
14	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	cool	gerund		cool running water	minute	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	run	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	inform speech: other	gerund · perfect · passive	a adult			vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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