Exam question 1 · Antibiotics, viruses and side effects

Identify the principal reason for which antibacterial agents are not prescribed in cases of the common cold.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, not prescribe · To what, where: principal reason, antibacterial agents, cases

This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Antibiotics, viruses and side effects» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 prescribed	obl
7	antibacterial	antibacterial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 agents	amod
8	agents	agent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 prescribed	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 prescribed	aux:pass
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 prescribed	advmod
11	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 cases	case
13	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 prescribed	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 cold	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cold	det
16	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 cold	amod
17	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cases	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	not prescribe	present · passive		antibacterial agents		cases of the common cold		for the principal reason	tree rules

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 agents aggravate nasal congestion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 agents	det
2	agents	agent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 aggravate	nsubj
3	aggravate	aggravate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nasal	nasal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 congestion	amod
5	congestion	congestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 aggravate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aggravate	present	the agents	nasal congestion					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus congestion=Experiencer

Option 2

The agents are reserved exclusively for adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 agents	det
2	agents	agent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reserved	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reserved	aux:pass
4	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 reserved	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 adults	case
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	present · passive		the agents				for adults; exclusively property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for adult=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The causative organism is a virus, upon which such agents exert no effect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 organism	det
2	causative	causative	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 organism	compound
3	organism	organism	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 virus	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 virus	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 virus	det
6	virus	virus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 exert	punct
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 exert	obl
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 agents	amod
11	agents	agent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 exert	nsubj
12	exert	exert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 virus	parataxis
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 effect	det
14	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 exert	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the causative organism	a virus					tree rules
2	exert	present	such agents	no effect				upon a virus	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Theme

Option 4

The condition resolves too swiftly for any medicament

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resolves	nsubj
3	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 swiftly	advmod
5	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	3 resolves	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 medicament	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 medicament	det
8	medicament	medicament	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resolves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	present	the condition					for any medicament; swiftly property	tree rules

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