Exam question 2 · Snap! Breaking a bone
It is given that a child's fractured forearm has become displaced. State the principal reason for which the fracture is reduced.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fractured forearm · What happens: give, fracture, become, displace, reduce · To what, where: It, fracture
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Snap! Breaking a bone» of the medicine 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a child's fractured forearm has become displaced.
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 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 become | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 forearm | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 child | case |
| 8 | fractured | fracture | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 forearm | amod |
| 9 | forearm | forearm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 become | nsubj |
| 10 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 become | aux |
| 11 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 given | advcl |
| 12 | displaced | displace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 become | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fracture | participle | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | become | present · perfect | a child's fractured forearm | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | displace | participle | a child's fractured forearm not said here | 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.
Sentence 2: State the principal reason for which the fracture is reduced.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reason | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 reduced | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fracture | det |
| 8 | fracture | fracture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 reduced | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 reduced | aux:pass |
| 10 | reduced | reduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reduce | present · passive | the fracture | for the State principal reason | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Bone unites in whatever position it is held
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 unites | compound |
| 2 | unites | unite | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 position | case |
| 4 | whatever | whatever | DET | PronType=Int | 5 position | det |
| 5 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 unites | nmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 held | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 held | aux:pass |
| 8 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 position | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present · passive | whatever position not said here | position | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Reduction prevents all subsequent swelling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reduction | reduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prevents | nsubj |
| 2 | prevents | prevent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 swelling | det |
| 4 | subsequent | subsequent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 swelling | amod |
| 5 | swelling | swelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prevents | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prevent | present | Reduction | all subsequent swelling | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer swelling=Theme |
Option 3
Reduction is required prior to any radiograph
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reduction | reduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 required | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 required | aux:pass |
| 3 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 7 radiograph | case |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 prior | fixed |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 radiograph | det |
| 7 | radiograph | radiograph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 required | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | Reduction | prior any radiograph | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
Option 4
Reduction accelerates healing to a matter of days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reduction | reduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 accelerates | nsubj |
| 2 | accelerates | accelerate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | healing | heal | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 accelerates | xcomp |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 matter | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 matter | det |
| 6 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 healing | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 days | case |
| 8 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 matter | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accelerate | present | Reduction | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | heal | gerund | Reduction not said here | to a matter of days | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | matter | days | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
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