Exam question 3 · Antibiotics, viruses and side effects

Whereas a patient has been furnished with a course of antibiotics and reports improvement after two days, determine the conduct generally advised.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: furnish, determine, advise · To what, where: patient, conduct

This is exam question 3 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	6 furnished	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 patient	det
3	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 furnished	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 furnished	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 furnished	aux:pass
6	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 determine	advcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 course	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 course	det
9	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 furnished	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 antibiotics	case
11	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 course	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 improvement	cc
13	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 improvement	compound
14	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 antibiotics	conj
15	after	after	ADP	_	17 days	case
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 days	nummod
17	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 furnished	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 furnished	punct
19	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 conduct	det
21	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 determine	obj
22	generally	generally	ADV	_	23 advised	advmod
23	advised	advise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 conduct	acl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	present · perfect · passive		a patient	day	with a course of antibiotics and reports improvement	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with course=Theme
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the conduct			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
3	advise speech: other	participle		the conduct not said here		generally property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: 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

Substitution with a herbal preparation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Substitution	substitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 preparation	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 preparation	det
4	herbal	herbal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 preparation	amod
5	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Substitution	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Doubling of the dose to hasten recovery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doubling	doubling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 dose	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dose	det
4	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Doubling	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hasten	mark
6	hasten	hasten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Doubling	acl
7	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hasten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hasten	to-infinitive		recovery					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent recovery=Patient
2	double			the dose					nom doubling «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Continuance as prescribed, with consultation prior to cessation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continuance	continuance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	3 prescribed	mark
3	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Continuance	acl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 consultation	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 consultation	case
6	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribed	obl
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 cessation	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 prior	fixed
9	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consultation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	participle		Continuance not said here				with consultation prior cessation	tree rules

Option 4

Immediate cessation and retention of the remainder for future illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cessation	amod
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 retention	cc
4	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cessation	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 remainder	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 remainder	det
7	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cessation	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 illness	case
9	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 illness	amod
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease			the remainder for future illness					nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient

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