Exam question 2 · A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises type 1 diabetes?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: type diabetes

This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions» 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	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 diabetes	compound
10	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 type	flat
11	diabetes	diabetes	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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		type diabetes				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

A condition caused by the excessive consumption of confectionery

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	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 condition	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 consumption	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consumption	det
6	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 consumption	amod
7	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 confectionery	case
9	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	participle		a condition not said here				by the excessive consumption of confectionery	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	consume			confectionery					nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A condition identical to type 2 diabetes

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	3 identical	nsubj
3	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 type	mark
5	type	type	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 identical	xcomp
6	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 diabetes	nummod
7	diabetes	diabetes	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 type	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	type	to-infinitive		2 diabetes					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diabetes=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A condition in which the insulin-producing cells have been destroyed by the immune system

The tree, 15 words

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	12 destroyed	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	9 cells	det
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 producing	det
6	insulin	insulin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 producing	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 insulin	punct
8	producing	producing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cells	compound
9	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 condition	conj
10	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 destroyed	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 destroyed	aux:pass
12	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 system	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 system	det
15	immune	immune	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 system	compound
16	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 destroyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	present · perfect · passive	the immune system	a condition and which producing cells					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

A contagious condition 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 condition	det
2	contagious	contagious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 condition	amod
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 condition	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 condition not said here				by touch	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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