Exam question 4 · A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning first aid during an epileptic seizure.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, first aid

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 aid	amod
11	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	during	during	ADP	_	15 seizure	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 seizure	det
14	epileptic	epileptic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 seizure	amod
15	seizure	seizure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	first aid	during a epileptic seizure		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus aid=Experiencer

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

The tongue is to be grasped to prevent its being swallowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tongue	det
2	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grasped	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grasped	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 grasped	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 grasped	aux:pass
6	grasped	grasp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 prevent	mark
8	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 grasped	xcomp
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 swallowed	nmod:poss
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 swallowed	aux:pass
11	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 prevent	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	grasp	present · passive	the tongue	tree rules
2	prevent	to-infinitive		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	swallow	gerund · passive		vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»

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

Nothing is to be placed in the mouth of the person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 placed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 placed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 placed	aux:pass
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 mouth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mouth	det
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 person	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mouth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		Nothing		the mouth of the person			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in mouth=Destination

Option 3

A rigid object is to be placed between the teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 object	det
2	rigid	rigid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 object	amod
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 placed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 placed	aux:pass
5	to	to	PART	_	7 placed	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 placed	aux:pass
7	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	between	between	ADP	_	10 teeth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teeth	det
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		a rigid object		the teeth			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme between tooth=Destination

Option 4

The person is to be restrained forcibly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 restrained	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 restrained	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 restrained	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 restrained	aux:pass
6	restrained	restrain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	forcibly	forcibly	ADV	_	6 restrained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrain	present · passive		the person				forcibly property	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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