Exam question 3 · Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens
It is uncertain whether a child is experiencing anaphylaxis. Select the response consistent with current advice.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, child, you · What happens: be, experience, select · To what, where: anaphylaxis, response
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is uncertain whether a child is experiencing anaphylaxis.
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 uncertain | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 uncertain | cop |
| 3 | uncertain | uncertain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 8 experiencing | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 experiencing | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 experiencing | aux |
| 8 | experiencing | experience | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 uncertain | advcl |
| 9 | anaphylaxis | anaphylaxis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 experiencing | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 uncertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | uncertain property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | experience | present · progressive | a child | anaphylaxis | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anaphylaxis=Stimulus |
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: Select the response consistent with current advice.
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 | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 advice | case |
| 6 | current | current | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 advice | amod |
| 7 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Treatment is to be withheld pending certainty as to the diagnosis
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 withheld | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 withheld | aux |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 withheld | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 withheld | aux:pass |
| 5 | withheld | withhold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | pending | pend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 withheld | xcomp |
| 7 | certainty | certainty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pending | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 11 diagnosis | case |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 as | fixed |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 diagnosis | det |
| 11 | diagnosis | diagnosis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pending | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | withhold | present · passive | Treatment | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pend | gerund | certainty | as the diagnosis | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Adrenaline is to be administered, this being safer than delay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrenaline | adrenaline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 administered | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 administered | aux |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 administered | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 administered | aux:pass |
| 5 | administered | administer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 safer | punct |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 safer | nsubj |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 safer | cop |
| 9 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 administered | conj |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 delay | case |
| 11 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 safer | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | administer | present · passive | Adrenaline | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | this | than delay; safe property | tree rules |
Option 3
The child is to be left to sleep undisturbed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 left | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 left | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 left | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 left | aux:pass |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 sleep | mark |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 left | advcl |
| 9 | undisturbed | undisturbed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sleep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · passive | the child | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sleep | to-infinitive | undisturbed property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The child is to be offered food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 offered | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 offered | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 offered | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 offered | aux:pass |
| 6 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 offered | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | present · passive | the child | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal food=Theme |
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