Exam question 3 · Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years chang…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origins of vaccination?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: origins

This is exam question 3 of lesson 65 «Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years changed a normal day» 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 origins	det
10	origins	origin	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 vaccination	case
12	vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 origins	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the origins of vaccination				of the following statements; accurately 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

Vaccination is ineffective against smallpox and was abandoned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ineffective	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ineffective	cop
3	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	against	against	ADP	_	5 smallpox	case
5	smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ineffective	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 abandoned	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 abandoned	aux:pass
8	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ineffective	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Vaccination					against smallpox; ineffective property	tree rules
2	abandon	past · passive	Vaccination not said here						vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Earlier practices in several lands preceded Jenner's use of cowpox in 1796

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 practices	amod
2	practices	practice	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 preceded	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 lands	case
4	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lands	amod
5	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 practices	nmod
6	preceded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Jenner	Jenner	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 use	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Jenner	case
9	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preceded	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 cowpox	case
11	cowpox	cowpox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 1796	case
13	1796	1796	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 preceded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	past	Earlier practices in several lands	Jenner's use of cowpox		1796			tree rules
2	use		Jenner	cowpox					nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3

Vaccination was devised in the twentieth century by Louis Pasteur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devised	aux:pass
3	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 century	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 century	det
6	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 century	amod
7	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 Louis	case
9	Louis	Louis	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl:agent
10	Pasteur	Pasteur	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Louis	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	past · passive	Louis	Vaccination			century		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Vaccination was devised by a single person without any precedent whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devised	aux:pass
3	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 person	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 precedent	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 precedent	det
10	precedent	precedent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 devised	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	past · passive	a single person	Vaccination				without any precedent; whatsoever property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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