Exam question 3 · Eyes, ears and moving your body

In respect of a sprained ankle, which of the following procedures is consistent with the established facts?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: sprain, follow, be, establish, respect · To what, where: respect, sprained ankle

This is exam question 3 of lesson 87 «Eyes, ears and moving your body» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consistent	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 ankle	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ankle	det
5	sprained	sprain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ankle	amod
6	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 procedures	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 procedures	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 procedures	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 procedures	det
11	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 procedures	amod
12	procedures	procedure	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ankle	conj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 consistent	cop
14	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 facts	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 facts	det
17	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 facts	amod
18	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 consistent	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sprain	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present		respect of a sprained ankle and the following procedures	with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
5	respect		a sprained ankle and the following procedures			nom respect «cognition 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 ankle is placed in hot water for an hour so as to loosen the sprained parts

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 ankle	det
2	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux:pass
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 hour	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hour	det
10	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 loosen	advmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 loosen	mark
13	to	to	PART	_	14 loosen	mark
14	loosen	loosen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 placed	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 parts	det
16	sprained	sprain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 parts	amod
17	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 loosen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	place	present · passive	the ankle	hot water	hour	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in water=Destination
2	loosen	to-infinitive	the sprained parts			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent part=Patient
3	sprain	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The ankle is ignored entirely, since sprains invariably heal within minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ankle	det
2	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ignored	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ignored	aux:pass
4	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 ignored	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 heal	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 heal	mark
8	sprains	sprain	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 heal	nsubj
9	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	10 heal	advmod
10	heal	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ignored	parataxis
11	within	within	ADP	_	12 minutes	case
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 heal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	present · passive		the ankle				entirely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	heal	present	sprains				minute	invariably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The ankle is exercised vigorously at once in order that it should not stiffen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ankle	det
2	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exercised	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exercised	aux:pass
4	exercised	exercise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	4 exercised	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 exercised	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 order	case
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exercised	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 stiffen	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stiffen	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 stiffen	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 stiffen	advmod
14	stiffen	stiffen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 order	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exercise	present · passive		the ankle		order		vigorously property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	not stiffen	should	ankle	order not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent order=Patient

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

The ankle is rested, cooled with a cold pack and raised, and an adult is informed

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 ankle	det
2	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rested	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rested	aux:pass
4	rested	rest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cooled	punct
6	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rested	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 pack	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pack	det
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pack	amod
10	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cooled	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 raised	cc
12	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cooled	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 informed	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 informed	cc
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 informed	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 informed	aux:pass
18	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rested	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rest	present · passive	the ankle		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	cool	participle		with a cold pack	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with pack=Instrument
3	raise	participle			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	inform speech: other	present · passive	a adult		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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