Exam question 1 · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

Which of the following measures is appropriate upon the observation of swelling, hives, coughing or difficulty in breathing in a person known to suffer from an allergy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, know, suffer, observe · To what, where: person, allergy, swelling

This is exam question 1 of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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	7 appropriate	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 measures	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 measures	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 measures	amod
5	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 appropriate	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 appropriate	cop
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 observation	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 observation	det
10	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 appropriate	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 swelling	case
12	swelling	swelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observation	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hives	punct
14	hives	hive	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 observation	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 coughing	punct
16	coughing	coughing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observation	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 difficulty	cc
18	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 coughing	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 breathing	case
20	breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 difficulty	nmod
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 person	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 person	det
23	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 breathing	nmod
24	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 person	acl
25	to	to	PART	_	26 suffer	mark
26	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 known	xcomp
27	from	from	ADP	_	29 allergy	case
28	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 allergy	det
29	allergy	allergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 suffer	obl
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 appropriate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following measures; upon the observation of swelling and hives and coughing or difficulty in breathing in a person; appropriate property	tree rules
3	know	participle	a person not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	suffer	to-infinitive		a allergy		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	observe		swelling			nom observation «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

An adult is summoned at once and the emergency number is telephoned

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 summoned	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 summoned	aux:pass
4	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 summoned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 telephoned	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 number	det
9	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 number	compound
10	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 telephoned	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 telephoned	aux:pass
12	telephoned	telephone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 summoned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	present · passive		a adult					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
2	telephone speech: other	present · passive		the emergency number					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

The person is offered a glass of milk and a small quantity of food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 offered	aux:pass
4	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 glass	det
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offered	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 milk	case
8	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glass	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 quantity	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 quantity	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 quantity	amod
12	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 milk	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 food	case
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 quantity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present · passive		the person					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal glass=Theme

Option 3

The matter is postponed until the person's parents arrive to collect them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 postponed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 postponed	aux:pass
4	postponed	postpone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 arrive	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parents	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 person	case
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 arrive	nsubj
10	arrive	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 postponed	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 collect	mark
12	collect	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 arrive	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 collect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	postpone	present · passive		the matter	vn delay-53.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	arrive	present	the person's parents		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	collect	to-infinitive	the person's parents not said here	parents = parent	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

The person is advised to lie down quietly until the symptoms subside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 advised	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 advised	aux:pass
4	advised	advise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lie	mark
6	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 advised	xcomp
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 lie	compound:prt
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	6 lie	advmod
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 subside	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 symptoms	det
11	symptoms	symptom	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 subside	nsubj
12	subside	subside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lie	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	advise speech: other	present · passive		the person		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lie down not said to happen	to-infinitive	the person not said here		quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	subside	present	the symptoms			vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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