Exam question 4 · How medicines work

State the reason for which liquid medicines are measured with a calibrated syringe.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: measure, calibrate · To what, where: liquid medicines

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 measured	obl
6	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 medicines	amod
7	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 measured	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 measured	aux:pass
9	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 syringe	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 syringe	det
12	calibrated	calibrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 syringe	amod
13	syringe	syringe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 measured	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present · passive		liquid medicines				for the reason; with a calibrated syringe	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	calibrate	participle							vn price-54.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Syringes alter the strength of the medicine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Syringes	syringe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 alter	nsubj
2	alter	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 strength	det
4	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alter	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 medicine	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 medicine	det
7	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strength	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present	Syringes	the strength of the medicine					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent strength=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Household spoons vary in capacity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoons	compound
2	spoons	spoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 vary	nsubj
3	vary	vary	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 capacity	case
5	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 vary	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vary	present	Household spoons			capacity			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Spoons react chemically with medicine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spoons	spoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 react	nsubj
2	react	react	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chemically	chemically	ADV	_	2 react	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 medicine	case
5	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 react	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	react	present	Spoons					with medicine; chemically property	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with medicine=Eventuality

Option 4

Syringes are required by school rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Syringes	syringe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 rules	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rules	compound
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	school rules	Syringes					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

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