Exam question 4 · COVID and staying home
It is given that a lateral flow test has returned a negative result. State the correct interpretation.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, return · To what, where: It, lateral flow test
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a lateral flow test has returned a negative result.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 returned | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 test | det |
| 6 | lateral | lateral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 test | amod |
| 7 | flow | flow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 test | compound |
| 8 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 returned | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 returned | aux |
| 10 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 result | det |
| 12 | negative | negative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 result | amod |
| 13 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 returned | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | return | present · perfect · passive | a lateral flow test | vn reciprocate-112 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme result=Eventuality |
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 correct interpretation.
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 | 4 interpretation | det |
| 3 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 interpretation | amod |
| 4 | interpretation | interpretation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | nmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The test has measured the bodily temperature only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 test | det |
| 2 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 measured | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 measured | aux |
| 4 | measured | measure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 temperature | det |
| 6 | bodily | bodily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 temperature | amod |
| 7 | temperature | temperature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 measured | obj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 measured | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | present · perfect · passive | the test | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
An early infection may nonetheless be present
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 infection | det |
| 2 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 infection | amod |
| 3 | infection | infection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 present | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 present | aux |
| 5 | nonetheless | nonetheless | ADV | _ | 7 present | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 present | cop |
| 7 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | a early infection | nonetheless, present property | tree rules |
Option 3
Infection is excluded with complete certainty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infection | infection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 excluded | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 excluded | aux:pass |
| 3 | excluded | exclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 certainty | case |
| 5 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 certainty | amod |
| 6 | certainty | certainty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 excluded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exclude | present · passive | Infection | with complete certainty | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
The person is immune in perpetuity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 immune | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 immune | cop |
| 4 | immune | immune | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 perpetuity | case |
| 6 | perpetuity | perpetuity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 immune | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the person | perpetuity | immune property | tree rules |
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