Exam question 3 · Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns

Subsequent to a hard blow to the head, which of the following signs necessitates the attendance of a physician at once?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hard blow · What happens: follow, necessitate, attend · To what, where: attendance, physician

This is exam question 3 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	Subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 blow	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 Subsequent	fixed
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 blow	det
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 blow	amod
5	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 head	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 head	det
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blow	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 necessitates	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 necessitates	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 signs	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 signs	det
13	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 signs	amod
14	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 which	nmod
15	necessitates	necessitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 blow	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 attendance	det
17	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 necessitates	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 physician	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 physician	det
20	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 attendance	nmod
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 once	case
22	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	15 necessitates	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 blow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	necessitate	present	a hard blow to the head	the attendance of a physician	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attendance=Precondition
3	attend			a physician	nom attendance «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

Mild embarrassment at having struck one's head in the presence of others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 embarrassment	amod
2	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	SCONJ	_	4 having	mark
4	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 embarrassment	acl
5	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 head	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 one	case
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 having	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 presence	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 presence	det
11	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 having	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 others	case
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	Mild embarrassment not said here	struck one's head		the presence of others			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
2	strike	participle							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A desire to resume play which persists after the incident has concluded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 desire	det
2	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concluded	nsubj:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	4 resume	mark
4	resume	resume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 desire	acl
5	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resume	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 persists	nsubj
7	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 play	acl:relcl
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 incident	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 incident	det
10	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 persists	obl
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 concluded	aux
12	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	resume	to-infinitive		play		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Eventuality
2	persist	present	play		after the incident	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	conclude	present · perfect · passive		a desire		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Marked sleepiness, vomiting, dizziness, confusion or a severe headache

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sleepiness	amod
2	sleepiness	sleepiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 vomiting	punct
4	vomiting	vomiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleepiness	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dizziness	punct
6	dizziness	dizziness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleepiness	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 confusion	punct
8	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleepiness	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 headache	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 headache	det
11	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 headache	amod
12	headache	headache	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleepiness	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A small and painless swelling which has already reduced after a cold pack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 swelling	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 swelling	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 painless	cc
4	painless	painless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 small	conj
5	swelling	swelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 reduced	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reduced	aux
8	already	already	ADV	_	9 reduced	advmod
9	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 swelling	acl:relcl
10	after	after	ADP	_	13 pack	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pack	det
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pack	amod
13	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present · perfect · passive		a small swelling			after a cold pack		vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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