Exam question 3 · Asthma and inhalers
It is given that a child is experiencing an asthma attack. Select the appropriate posture.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, experience, select · To what, where: It, asthma attack, appropriate posture
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a child is experiencing an asthma 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 | 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 | _ | 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 given | advcl |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 attack | det |
| 10 | asthma | asthma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 attack | compound |
| 11 | attack | attack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 experiencing | obj |
| 12 | . | . | 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 | experience | present · progressive | a child | a asthma attack | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attack=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 appropriate posture.
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 | 4 posture | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 posture | amod |
| 4 | posture | posture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 5 | . | . | 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 appropriate posture | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent posture=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Lying flat upon the back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | flat | flat | ADV | _ | 1 Lying | advmod |
| 3 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 back | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 back | det |
| 5 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | gerund | the back | flat property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon back=Location |
Option 2
Standing, with the arms raised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Standing | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 arms | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 arms | det |
| 5 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Standing | obl |
| 6 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 arms | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | gerund | with the arms | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | raise | participle | the arms not said here | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Seated upright
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 upright | amod |
| 2 | upright | upright | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seat | participle | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
Option 4
Lying upon the front
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 4 front | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 front | det |
| 4 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | gerund | the front | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon front=Location |
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