Exam question 1 · Eczema and other skin troubles

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises eczema?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: eczema

This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Eczema and other skin troubles» 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	eczema	eczema	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	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		eczema				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 contagious infection transmitted by touch

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	ADP	_	6 touch	case
6	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transmitted	obl

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

Option 2

An infection acquired by handling toads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 infection	det
2	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 infection	acl
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 handling	mark
5	handling	handle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 acquired	advcl
6	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 handling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	participle		a infection not said here					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	handle	gerund		toads					vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme

Option 3

A consequence of inadequate washing and poor hygiene

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 washing	case
4	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 washing	amod
5	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hygiene	cc
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hygiene	amod
8	hygiene	hygiene	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A condition of impaired skin barrier, neither contagious nor caused by uncleanliness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 barrier	case
4	impaired	impair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 barrier	amod
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barrier	compound
6	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condition	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 contagious	punct
8	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	9 contagious	cc:preconj
9	contagious	contagious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 condition	appos
10	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	11 caused	cc
11	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 contagious	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 uncleanliness	case
13	uncleanliness	uncleanliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	impair	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	cause	participle		by uncleanliness	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
3	condition		impaired skin barrier		nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

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