Exam question 2 · Tummy bugs and tummy aches
It is stipulated that a child remain absent from school for forty-eight hours following the last episode of vomiting. State the reason.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, forty hours · What happens: stipulate, remain, follow · To what, where: It, school, last episode
This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Tummy bugs and tummy aches» 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 stipulated that a child remain absent from school for forty-eight hours following the last episode of vomiting.
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 stipulated | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stipulated | aux:pass |
| 3 | stipulated | stipulate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 remain | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 remain | nsubj |
| 7 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stipulated | ccomp |
| 8 | absent | absent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 remain | xcomp |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 school | case |
| 10 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 remain | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 hours | case |
| 12 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 hours | nummod |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 eight | punct |
| 14 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 forty | conj |
| 15 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 remain | obl |
| 16 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 hours | acl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 episode | det |
| 18 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 episode | amod |
| 19 | episode | episode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 following | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 vomiting | case |
| 21 | vomiting | vomiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 episode | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stipulated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stipulate | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | remain | present | a child | school | hour | absent property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||
| 3 | follow | gerund | forty hours not said here | the last episode of vomiting | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent episode=Theme |
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 reason.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | nsubj |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The child may yet transmit the infection to others
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 transmit | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 transmit | aux |
| 4 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 5 transmit | advmod |
| 5 | transmit | transmit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 infection | det |
| 7 | infection | infection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 transmit | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 others | case |
| 9 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 transmit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transmit | may | the child | the infection | others | yet | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent infection=Theme to other=Destination |
Option 2
The school must be cleaned for two days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 school | det |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cleaned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cleaned | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 cleaned | aux:pass |
| 5 | cleaned | clean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 days | case |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 days | nummod |
| 8 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cleaned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | must · passive | the school | day | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
It is an arbitrary disciplinary measure
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 | 6 measure | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 measure | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 measure | det |
| 4 | arbitrary | arbitrary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 measure | amod |
| 5 | disciplinary | disciplinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 measure | amod |
| 6 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a arbitrary disciplinary measure | tree rules |
Option 4
The child requires additional sleep after the night's illness
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 | 3 requires | nsubj |
| 3 | requires | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | additional | additional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sleep | amod |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 requires | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 illness | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 illness | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 night | case |
| 10 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 requires | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | the child | additional sleep | after the night's illness | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sleep=Precondition |
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