Exam question 3 · COVID and staying home

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the development of the COVID-19 vaccines.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, develop · To what, where: response, development, COVID 19 vaccines

This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «COVID and staying home» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 development	det
11	development	development	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 vaccines	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 vaccines	det
14	COVID	COVID	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 vaccines	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 19	punct
16	19	19	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 vaccines	nummod
17	vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 development	nmod
18	.	.	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	the development of the COVID 19 vaccines		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus development=Experiencer
4	develop			the COVID 19 vaccines		nom development «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

They were developed over a period of fifty years

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 developed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 developed	aux:pass
3	developed	develop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 period	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 period	det
6	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 developed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	develop	past · passive		They		a period of fifty years			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They were tested upon tens of thousands of volunteers, building upon decades of research

The tree, 14 words

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 tested	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tested	aux:pass
3	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 tens	case
5	tens	ten	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tested	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 thousands	case
7	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tens	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 volunteers	case
9	volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 thousands	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 building	punct
11	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tens	conj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 decades	case
13	decades	decade	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tested	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 research	case
15	research	research	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 decades	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	past · passive		They			decade	upon tens of thousands of volunteers and building	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

They were released without any trial whatsoever

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 released	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 released	aux:pass
3	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 trial	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 trial	det
6	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 released	obl
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 released	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past · passive		They				without any trial; whatsoever property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

Option 4

They consist solely of saline solution

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 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 consist	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 solution	case
5	saline	saline	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 solution	amod
6	solution	solution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					of saline solution; solely property	tree rules

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