Exam question 2 · At the pharmacy

Identify the principal reason for which certain medicaments are retained behind the pharmacy counter.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, retain · To what, where: principal reason, certain medicaments, pharmacy counter

This is exam question 2 of lesson 20 «At the pharmacy» 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	10 retained	obl
7	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 medicaments	amod
8	medicaments	medicament	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 retained	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 retained	aux:pass
10	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	14 counter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 counter	det
13	pharmacy	pharmacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 counter	compound
14	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 retained	obl
15	.	.	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	retain	present · passive		certain medicaments		the pharmacy counter		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 right answer

Their supply requires prior consultation with the pharmacist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 supply	nmod:poss
2	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consultation	amod
5	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 pharmacist	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pharmacist	det
8	pharmacist	pharmacist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Their supply	prior consultation				with the pharmacist	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme consultation=Precondition

Option 2

Their possession by the public is prohibited by statute in all cases

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 possession	nmod:poss
2	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 public	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 public	det
5	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possession	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 prohibited	aux:pass
7	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 statute	case
9	statute	statute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 prohibited	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 cases	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 cases	det
12	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Their possession by the public		all cases		by statute	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	possess		the public	Their = they					nom possession «act transitive»: poss=patient by=agent

Option 3

Their efficacy deteriorates in daylight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 efficacy	nmod:poss
2	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deteriorates	nsubj
3	deteriorates	deteriorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 daylight	case
5	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deteriorates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deteriorate	present	Their efficacy			daylight			vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Their price precludes open display

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 price	nmod:poss
2	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 precludes	nsubj
3	precludes	preclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 display	amod
5	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 precludes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preclude	present	Their price	open display					vn exclude-107.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent display=Theme

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