Exam question 3 · The cast: itching, signing and the saw
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the oscillating saw employed for the removal of casts?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, oscillate, employ, remove · To what, where: casts
This is exam question 3 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 | 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 | 12 employed | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 oscillating | det |
| 10 | oscillating | oscillate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 characterises | advcl |
| 11 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 employed | aux:pass |
| 12 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 removal | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 removal | det |
| 15 | removal | removal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 employed | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 casts | case |
| 17 | casts | cast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 removal | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 employed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | oscillate | gerund | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | employ | past · passive | for the removal of casts | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for removal=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | remove | casts | nom removal «act transitive»: of=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
Its blade vibrates rather than rotates and does not cut skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 blade | nmod:poss |
| 2 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vibrates | nsubj |
| 3 | vibrates | vibrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | rather | rather | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 6 rotates | cc |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 4 rather | fixed |
| 6 | rotates | rotate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 vibrates | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 cut | cc |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 cut | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 cut | advmod |
| 10 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 vibrates | conj |
| 11 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cut | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vibrate | present | Its blade | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | not cut | present · do-support | Its blade not said here | skin | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skin=Product |
Option 2
It is employed only under general anaesthetic
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 employed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 employed | aux:pass |
| 3 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 anaesthetic | advmod |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 anaesthetic | case |
| 6 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 anaesthetic | amod |
| 7 | anaesthetic | anaesthetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 employed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | employ | present · passive | It | general anaesthetic | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Its blade rotates at very great speed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 blade | nmod:poss |
| 2 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rotates | nsubj |
| 3 | rotates | rotate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 speed | case |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 great | advmod |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 speed | amod |
| 7 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rotates | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rotate | present | Its blade | great speed | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Location |
Option 4
It severs both plaster and skin indiscriminately
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 | 2 severs | nsubj |
| 2 | severs | sever | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 4 plaster | cc:preconj |
| 4 | plaster | plaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 severs | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 skin | cc |
| 6 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plaster | conj |
| 7 | indiscriminately | indiscriminately | ADV | _ | 2 severs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sever | present | It | plaster and skin | indiscriminately property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plaster=Theme |
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