Exam question 3 · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises appendicitis?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: appendicitis

This is exam question 3 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

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	appendicitis	appendicitis	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	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		appendicitis				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

A form of food poisoning confined to the lower left abdomen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 form	det
2	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 poisoning	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poisoning	compound
5	poisoning	poisoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	nmod
6	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 form	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 abdomen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 abdomen	det
9	lower	low	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 left	advmod
10	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 abdomen	amod
11	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	participle		a form of food poisoning not said here		the left abdomen			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to abdomen=Destination
2	form			food poisoning					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A consequence of the consumption of sweets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consumption	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consumption	det
5	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sweets	case
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume			sweets					nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Inflammation of the appendix, with pain moving to the lower right abdomen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inflammation	inflammation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 appendix	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 appendix	det
4	appendix	appendix	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Inflammation	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pain	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 pain	case
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Inflammation	conj
8	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 pain	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 abdomen	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 abdomen	det
11	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 abdomen	amod
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 abdomen	amod
13	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund	pain not said here			the lower right abdomen			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to abdomen=Trajectory
2	inflame			the appendix					nom inflammation «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A disorder caused by worry alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 disorder	det
2	disorder	disorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 disorder	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 worry	case
5	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 caused	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	participle		a disorder not said here				by worry; alone property	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

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