Exam question 2 · The right dose and never more than

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the determination of a child's dose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dose · What happens: follow, characteris, determine · To what, where: determination

This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «The right dose and never more than» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 determination	det
10	determination	determination	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 dose	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dose	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 child	case
15	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determination	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the determination of a child's dose	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	determine		a child's dose			nom determination «act intransitive»: of=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

The dose is identical for all children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dose	det
2	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identical	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 identical	cop
4	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 children	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 children	det
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 identical	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the dose					for all children; identical property	tree rules

Option 2

Half an adult tablet is invariably appropriate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	4 tablet	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tablet	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tablet	compound
4	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 appropriate	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 appropriate	cop
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	7 appropriate	advmod
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	half adult tablet					appropriate, invariably property	tree rules

Option 3

The dose is determined by the child's preference

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dose	det
2	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 determined	aux:pass
4	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 preference	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 preference	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	preference	preference	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the child's preference	the dose					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	prefer		the child						nom preference «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The dose is determined by the child's age and weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dose	det
2	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 determined	aux:pass
4	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 age	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 age	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 weight	cc
11	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 age	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the child's age and weight	the dose					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

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