Exam question 1 · Asthma and inhalers

Identify the action of a reliever inhaler.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, reliever inhaler · What happens: identify, act · To what, where: action

This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Asthma and inhalers» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 action	det
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 inhaler	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 inhaler	det
6	reliever	reliever	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inhaler	compound
7	inhaler	inhaler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 action	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the action of a reliever inhaler					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
2	act		a reliever inhaler						nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

It reduces airway inflammation gradually over several weeks

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	2 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	airway	airway	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inflammation	compound
4	inflammation	inflammation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
5	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	2 reduces	advmod
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 weeks	case
7	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 weeks	amod
8	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reduces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	It	airway inflammation			week	gradually property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer inflammation=Patient

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

It relaxes the muscles of the airways within minutes

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	2 relaxes	nsubj
2	relaxes	relax	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 muscles	det
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 relaxes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 airways	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 airways	det
7	airways	airway	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 muscles	nmod
8	within	within	ADP	_	9 minutes	case
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 relaxes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relax	present	It	the muscles of the airways			minute		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus muscle=Experiencer

Option 3

It induces sleep and thereby slows the breathing

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	2 induces	nsubj
2	induces	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 slows	cc
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	6 slows	advmod
6	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 induces	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 breathing	det
8	breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	present	It	sleep					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Patient
2	slow	present		the breathing				thereby property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent breathing=Patient

Option 4

It eliminates asthma permanently

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	2 eliminates	nsubj
2	eliminates	eliminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asthma	asthma	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eliminates	obj
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	2 eliminates	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eliminate	present	It	asthma				permanently property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asthma=Patient

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