Exam question 3 · How medicines work

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the approval of new medicines.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, approve · To what, where: response, approval, new medicines

This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «How medicines work» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 approval	det
11	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 medicines	case
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 medicines	amod
14	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 approval	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	the approval of new medicines		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus approval=Experiencer
4	approve			new medicines		nom approval «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

They are approved upon a single tasting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 approved	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 approved	aux:pass
3	approved	approve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 tasting	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tasting	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tasting	amod
7	tasting	tasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 approved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approve	present · passive		They				upon a single tasting	vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They are tested in laboratories and in trials with volunteers and reviewed by regulators

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tested	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tested	aux:pass
3	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 laboratories	case
5	laboratories	laboratory	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tested	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 trials	cc
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 trials	case
8	trials	trial	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 laboratories	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 volunteers	case
10	volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 trials	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reviewed	cc
12	reviewed	review	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tested	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 regulators	case
14	regulators	regulator	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 reviewed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	present · passive		They		laboratories and trials with volunteers			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	review	participle							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They are approved without any assessment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 approved	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 approved	aux:pass
3	approved	approve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 assessment	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 assessment	det
6	assessment	assessment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 approved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approve	present · passive		They				without any assessment	vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 4

They are deemed safe if derived from plants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 deemed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deemed	aux:pass
3	deemed	deem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deemed	xcomp
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 derived	mark
6	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 deemed	xcomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 plants	case
8	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 derived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deem	present · passive		They				safe property	tree rules
2	derive a condition, not said to happen	participle				plants			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from plant=Material

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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