Exam question 3 · Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the teaching of Hippocrates in respect of disease?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, teach, respect · To what, where: teaching, respect, Hippocrates, disease

This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers» of the history 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	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teaching	det
10	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Hippocrates	case
12	Hippocrates	Hippocrates	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 teaching	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 respect	case
14	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teaching	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 disease	case
16	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 respect	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the teaching of Hippocrates	respect of disease	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	teach		Hippocrates	respect of disease		nom teaching «act transitive»: of=patient in=place
4	respect		disease			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 · ← Mova's choice

Disease is transmitted by the theatre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 theatre	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 theatre	det
6	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive	the theatre	Disease					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Disease arises from natural causes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 causes	case
4	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 causes	amod
5	causes	cause	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	Disease			natural causes			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Disease is a punishment inflicted by the gods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punishment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punishment	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 punishment	det
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 punishment	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 gods	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gods	det
8	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 inflicted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Disease	a punishment					tree rules
2	inflict	participle		a punishment not said here				by the gods	tree rules

Option 4

Disease is caused by the phases of the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 phases	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 phases	det
6	phases	phase	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 phases	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the phases of the Moon	Disease					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

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