Exam question 1 · Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an allergy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: allergy

This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens» 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 allergy	det
10	allergy	allergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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		a allergy				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 · ← Mova's choice

A form of food poisoning

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form			food poisoning					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An erroneous immune response to a substance which is ordinarily harmless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 response	det
2	erroneous	erroneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
3	immune	immune	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 substance	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 substance	det
7	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 response	nmod
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 harmless	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 harmless	cop
10	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	11 harmless	advmod
11	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 substance	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a substance					harmless, ordinarily property	tree rules

Option 3

A mere dislike of a particular food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dislike	det
2	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dislike	amod
3	dislike	dislike	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 food	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 food	det
6	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 food	amod
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dislike	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dislike			a particular food					nom dislike «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A contagious infection transmitted by sneezing between persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 infection	det
2	contagious	contagious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 infection	amod
3	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 infection	acl
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 sneezing	mark
6	sneezing	sneeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 transmitted	advcl
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 persons	case
8	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sneezing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	participle		a contagious infection not said here					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	sneeze	gerund						between persons	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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