Exam question 4 · Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals

It being given that a child experiences dizziness, headache and nausea upon a hot day, determine the most probable explanation.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child · What happens: give, experience, determine · To what, where: It, dizziness, probable explanation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 experiences	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 experiences	nsubj
7	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	dizziness	dizziness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 experiences	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 headache	punct
10	headache	headache	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dizziness	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 nausea	cc
12	nausea	nausea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dizziness	conj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 day	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 day	det
15	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 day	amod
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nausea	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 determine	punct
18	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 explanation	det
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 probable	advmod
21	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 explanation	amod
22	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 determine	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	experience	present	a child	dizziness and headache and nausea upon a hot day	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dizziness=Stimulus
3	determine	infinitive		the probable explanation	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Topic

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 child has slept for too many hours the previous night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slept	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slept	aux
4	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 hours	case
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 many	advmod
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hours	amod
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slept	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 night	det
10	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 night	amod
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slept	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present · perfect · passive		the child			hour; night		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The child has merely eaten too much breakfast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	aux
4	merely	merely	ADV	_	5 eaten	advmod
5	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 much	advmod
7	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 breakfast	amod
8	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present · perfect · passive		the child				merely property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The body may be becoming excessively hot, which could progress to heatstroke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 becoming	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 becoming	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 becoming	aux
5	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	excessively	excessively	ADV	_	7 hot	advmod
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 becoming	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 progress	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 progress	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 progress	aux
11	progress	progress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 becoming	parataxis
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 heatstroke	case
13	heatstroke	heatstroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 progress	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	may · progressive	the body					hot property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	progress	could						to heatstroke	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The child is simply bored and requires a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bored	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bored	cop
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	5 bored	advmod
5	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 requires	cc
7	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bored	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child					bored, simply property	tree rules
2	require	present	the child not said here	a game					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme game=Precondition

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