Exam question 3 · The right dose and never more than
It is given that a dose of medicine has been omitted. Select the response consistent with established guidance.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, omit, select, establish · To what, where: It, dose, response
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a dose of medicine has been omitted.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 omitted | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dose | det |
| 6 | dose | dose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 omitted | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 medicine | case |
| 8 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dose | nmod |
| 9 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 omitted | aux |
| 10 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 omitted | aux:pass |
| 11 | omitted | omit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | omit | present · perfect · passive | a dose of medicine | vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with established guidance.
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 | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 guidance | case |
| 6 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 guidance | amod |
| 7 | guidance | guidance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | 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 |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Two doses are never to be taken together to compensate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 doses | nummod |
| 2 | doses | dose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 taken | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 taken | aux:pass |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 taken | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 taken | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 taken | aux:pass |
| 7 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | together | together | ADV | _ | 7 taken | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 compensate | mark |
| 10 | compensate | compensate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 taken | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not take | present · passive | Two doses | together property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP» | ||||
| 2 | compensate | to-infinitive | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Three doses are to be taken at bedtime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 doses | nummod |
| 2 | doses | dose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 taken | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 taken | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 taken | aux:pass |
| 6 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 bedtime | case |
| 8 | bedtime | bedtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 taken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present · passive | Three doses | bedtime | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at bedtime=Asset |
Option 3
The entire course is to be abandoned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 course | det |
| 2 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 course | amod |
| 3 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 abandoned | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 abandoned | aux:pass |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 abandoned | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 abandoned | aux:pass |
| 7 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abandon | present · passive | the entire course | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source |
Option 4
The omitted dose is to be doubled at the next interval
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dose | det |
| 2 | omitted | omit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 dose | amod |
| 3 | dose | dose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 doubled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 doubled | aux:pass |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 doubled | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 doubled | aux:pass |
| 7 | doubled | double | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 interval | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 interval | det |
| 10 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 interval | amod |
| 11 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 doubled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | omit | participle | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | double | present · passive | the omitted dose | the next interval | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
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