Exam question 4 · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

Pursuant to an asthma attack suffered by a classmate, which course of action is correct?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: suffer, be · To what, where: asthma attack

This is exam question 4 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	16 correct	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 attack	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 attack	det
4	asthma	asthma	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attack	compound
5	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
6	suffered	suffer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 attack	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 classmate	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 classmate	det
9	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 suffered	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 course	punct
11	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 course	det
12	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 classmate	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 action	case
14	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 course	nmod
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 correct	cop
16	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 correct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	participle		a asthma attack not said here				by a classmate	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present						correct, pursuant property	tree rules

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 person is given a drink of fizzy water and told to run in order to recover

The tree, 17 words

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 given	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 drink	det
6	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 told	cc
11	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 run	mark
13	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 told	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 order	case
15	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 run	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 recover	mark
17	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	present · passive	the person		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient drink=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	run not said to happen	to-infinitive		order	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Trajectory
4	recover	to-infinitive			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The person is sat upright, assisted to use the reliever inhaler, and an adult is fetched

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 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 upright	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 upright	cop
4	sat	sat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 upright	amod
5	upright	upright	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 assisted	punct
7	assisted	assist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 upright	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 use	mark
9	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 assisted	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 inhaler	det
11	reliever	reliever	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 inhaler	compound
12	inhaler	inhaler	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fetched	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fetched	cc
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fetched	nsubj:pass
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 fetched	aux:pass
18	fetched	fetch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 upright	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the person	sat upright	tree rules
2	assist	participle		sat upright not said here	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	use	to-infinitive		the reliever inhaler	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhaler=Patient
4	fetch	present · passive		a adult	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The person's inhaler is removed in case it should worsen the attack in progress

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 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inhaler	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 person	case
4	inhaler	inhaler	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 removed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 removed	aux:pass
6	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 worsen	mark
8	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	fixed
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 worsen	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 worsen	aux
11	worsen	worsen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 removed	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 attack	det
13	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 worsen	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 progress	case
15	progress	progress	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 worsen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present · passive		the person's inhaler					tree rules
2	worsen	should	inhaler	the attack		progress			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent attack=Patient

Option 4

The person is laid flat on the floor and instructed to breathe as quickly as possible

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 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laid	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 laid	aux:pass
4	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 laid	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laid	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 instructed	cc
10	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 laid	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 breathe	mark
12	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 instructed	xcomp
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 quickly	advmod
14	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	12 breathe	advmod
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 possible	mark
16	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 quickly	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lay	present · passive	the person	the floor	flat property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on floor=Destination
2	instruct speech: other	participle				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	breathe	to-infinitive			quickly property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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