Exam question 1 · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

State the principal reason for which a plaster cast is applied to a fractured limb.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: apply, fracture · To what, where: plaster cast

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «The cast: itching, signing and the saw» 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	4 reason	compound
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	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 applied	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cast	det
8	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cast	compound
9	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applied	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 applied	aux:pass
11	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 limb	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 limb	det
14	fractured	fracture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 limb	amod
15	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applied	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present · passive		a plaster cast				for the State principal reason; to a fractured limb	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for which=Eventuality
2	fracture	participle							vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 right answer

To immobilise the bone throughout the period of healing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 immobilise	mark
2	immobilise	immobilise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bone	det
4	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 immobilise	obj
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	7 period	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 period	det
7	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 immobilise	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 healing	case
9	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	immobilise	to-infinitive		the bone			throughout the period of healing		tree rules

Option 2

To protect the limb from airborne germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 limb	det
4	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 germs	case
6	airborne	airborne	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 germs	amod
7	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive		the limb				from airborne germs	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent limb=Beneficiary from germ=Theme

Option 3

To accelerate the healing of the bone to a matter of days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 accelerate	mark
2	accelerate	accelerate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 healing	det
4	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accelerate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bone	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bone	det
7	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 healing	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 matter	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 matter	det
10	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accelerate	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 days	case
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 matter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accelerate	to-infinitive		the healing of the bone	to a matter of days	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent healing=Patient
2	heal		the bone			nom healing «process intransitive»: of=agent
3	matter		days			nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

To indicate to others that the limb is injured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 indicate	mark
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 others	case
4	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 indicate	obl
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 injured	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 limb	det
7	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 injured	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 injured	aux:pass
9	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicate	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	to-infinitive						to others	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to other=Experiencer
2	injure	present · passive		the limb					tree rules

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