Exam question 4 · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning coeliac disease.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, coeliac disease

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	coeliac	coeliac	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 disease	amod
11	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	coeliac disease		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disease=Experiencer

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

An infection caught from contaminated bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 infection	det
2	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 infection	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 bread	case
5	contaminated	contaminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 bread	amod
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	participle		a infection not said here		contaminated bread			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from bread=Source
2	contaminate	participle							vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A preference adopted for reasons of fashion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 preference	det
2	preference	preference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 preference	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 reasons	case
5	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 adopted	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 fashion	case
7	fashion	fashion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reasons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	participle		a preference not said here				for reasons of fashion	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A condition cured by a short course of tablets taken for one week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 condition	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 course	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 course	det
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 course	amod
7	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cured	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 tablets	case
9	tablets	tablet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 course	nmod
10	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 condition	acl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 week	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 week	nummod
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	participle		a condition not said here				by a short course of tablets	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer
2	take	participle		a condition not said here			week		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An immune reaction to gluten, managed by a lifelong gluten-free diet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 reaction	det
2	immune	immune	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reaction	amod
3	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 gluten	case
5	gluten	gluten	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reaction	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 managed	punct
7	managed	manage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reaction	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	14 diet	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 diet	det
10	lifelong	lifelong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 diet	amod
11	gluten	gluten	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 free	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 gluten	punct
13	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 diet	amod
14	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 managed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manage	participle		a immune reaction to gluten not said here				by a lifelong free diet	vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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