Exam question 2 · Asthma and inhalers

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of a preventer inhaler?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, use · To what, where: use, preventer inhaler

This is exam question 2 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 use	det
10	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 inhaler	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 inhaler	det
13	preventer	preventer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 inhaler	compound
14	inhaler	inhaler	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the use of a preventer inhaler	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	use		a preventer inhaler		nom use «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It must be taken daily, irrespective of symptoms

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	4 taken	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	daily	daily	ADV	_	4 taken	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 symptoms	punct
7	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	9 symptoms	advmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 symptoms	case
9	symptoms	symptom	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	must · passive		It				of symptoms; daily property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme of symptom=Initial_Location

Option 2

It is to be taken only during an attack

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	5 taken	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 taken	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taken	aux:pass
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 taken	advmod
7	during	during	ADP	_	9 attack	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 attack	det
9	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · passive		It			during a attack		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It is identical to the anabolic steroids misused by athletes

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 identical	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 identical	cop
3	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 steroids	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 steroids	det
6	anabolic	anabolic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 steroids	amod
7	steroids	steroid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 identical	obl
8	misused	misuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 steroids	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 athletes	case
10	athletes	athlete	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 misused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to the anabolic steroids; identical property	tree rules
2	misuse	participle		the anabolic steroids not said here				by athletes	tree rules

Option 4

It is to be discontinued when the child feels well

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	5 discontinued	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 discontinued	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 discontinued	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 discontinued	aux:pass
5	discontinued	discontinue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 feels	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feels	nsubj
9	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 discontinued	advcl
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 feels	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discontinue	present · passive		It					vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
2	feel	present	the child					well property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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