Exam question 3 · Sun, cold and growing up

Determine the correct method for the rewarming of fingers which have become frozen and numb.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, fingers · What happens: determine, become · To what, where: correct method

This is exam question 3 of lesson 86 «Sun, cold and growing up» 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 method	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 method	amod
4	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 rewarming	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rewarming	det
7	rewarming	rewarming	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 method	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 fingers	case
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rewarming	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 become	nsubj
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 become	aux
12	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 fingers	acl:relcl
13	frozen	frozen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 become	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 numb	cc
15	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 frozen	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the correct method				for the rewarming of fingers	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Topic
2	become	present · perfect	fingers					frozen property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

Holding the fingers close to an open fire until sensation has fully returned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 returned	csubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fingers	det
3	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Holding	obj
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fingers	amod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 fire	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fire	det
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fire	amod
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 close	obl
9	until	until	ADP	_	10 sensation	case
10	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Holding	obl
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 returned	aux
12	fully	fully	ADV	_	13 returned	advmod
13	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund		the fingers			until sensation		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme
2	return	present · perfect	Holding					fully property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Direct placement upon a hot radiator, since rapid heating is the most effective

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 placement	amod
2	placement	placement	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 effective	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 radiator	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 radiator	det
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 radiator	amod
6	radiator	radiator	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placement	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 heating	punct
8	since	since	ADP	_	10 heating	case
9	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 heating	amod
10	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placement	conj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 effective	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 effective	det
13	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	14 effective	advmod
14	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Direct placement upon a hot radiator and rapid heating					effective property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Gentle warming with body heat or lukewarm water, as numb skin burns readily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 warming	amod
2	warming	warming	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 burns	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 heat	case
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heat	compound
5	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warming	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 water	cc
7	lukewarm	lukewarm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heat	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 burns	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 burns	mark
11	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 skin	amod
12	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 burns	nsubj
13	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	readily	readily	ADV	_	13 burns	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	Gentle warming with body heat or lukewarm water					readily property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Vigorous rubbing with snow in order that the circulation may be restored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vigorous	Vigorous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	nsubj
2	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 snow	case
4	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 order	case
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	obl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 restored	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 circulation	det
9	circulation	circulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 restored	nsubj:pass
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 restored	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 restored	aux:pass
12	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rubbing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund	Vigorous			order		with snow	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in order=Destination
2	restore	may · passive		the circulation					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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