Exam question 4 · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the limb upon removal of a cast.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, remove · To what, where: response, limb, cast

This is exam question 4 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 limb	det
11	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 removal	case
13	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 cast	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cast	det
16	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 removal	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the limb	upon removal of a cast	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus limb=Experiencer
4	remove			a cast		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

Muscle wasting is temporary and resolves with normal use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wasting	compound
2	wasting	wasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 temporary	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 temporary	cop
4	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 resolves	cc
6	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 temporary	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 use	case
8	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 use	amod
9	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 resolves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Muscle wasting					temporary property	tree rules
2	resolve	present	Muscle wasting not said here					with normal use	tree rules

Option 2

Muscle wasting is permanent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wasting	compound
2	wasting	wasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 permanent	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 permanent	cop
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Muscle wasting					permanent property	tree rules

Option 3

The bone has reached its full strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bone	det
2	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reached	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reached	aux
4	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 strength	nmod:poss
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 strength	amod
7	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	present · perfect · passive		the bone					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary strength=Theme

Option 4

The limb shall cease to grow thereafter for the remainder of life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 limb	det
2	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cease	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cease	aux
4	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 grow	mark
6	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cease	xcomp
7	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	6 grow	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 remainder	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 remainder	det
10	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grow	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 life	case
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	shall	the limb						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	grow	to-infinitive	the limb not said here					for the remainder of life; thereafter property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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