Exam question 1 · Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the transmission of head lice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, transmit · To what, where: transmission, head lice

This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 transmission	det
10	transmission	transmission	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 lice	case
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lice	compound
13	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 transmission	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the transmission of head lice	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	transmit		head lice		nom transmission «act transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

They are transmitted by direct contact between heads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 transmitted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 contact	case
5	direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 contact	amod
6	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	obl
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 heads	case
8	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 contact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive	direct contact between heads	They					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

They are transmitted by leaping across considerable distances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 transmitted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 leaping	mark
5	leaping	leap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 transmitted	advcl
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 distances	case
7	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 distances	amod
8	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 leaping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive		They					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	leap	gerund						across considerable distances	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across distance=Trajectory

Option 3

They arise from inadequate personal hygiene of the host

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 arise	nsubj
2	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 hygiene	case
4	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hygiene	amod
5	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hygiene	amod
6	hygiene	hygiene	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arise	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 host	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 host	det
9	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hygiene	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	They			inadequate personal hygiene of the host			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They are transmitted by flight between hosts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 transmitted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 flight	case
5	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	obl
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 hosts	case
7	hosts	host	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive	flight between hosts	They					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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