Exam question 3 · At the pharmacy

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homeopathic preparations?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: homeopathic preparations

This is exam question 3 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	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	root	root
9	homeopathic	homeopathic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 preparations	amod
10	preparations	preparation	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	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		homeopathic preparations				of the following statements; accurately property	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

They are subjected to more rigorous trials than conventional medicaments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 subjected	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 subjected	aux:pass
3	subjected	subject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 trials	case
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 rigorous	advmod
6	rigorous	rigorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trials	amod
7	trials	trial	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 subjected	obl
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 medicaments	case
9	conventional	conventional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 medicaments	amod
10	medicaments	medicament	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trials	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subject	present · passive		They				to rigorous trials than conventional medicaments	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They are diluted to such a degree that essentially none of the original substance remains

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 diluted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 diluted	aux:pass
3	diluted	dilute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 degree	case
5	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	7 degree	det:predet
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 degree	det
7	degree	degree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 diluted	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 none	nsubj
9	essentially	essentially	ADV	_	10 none	advmod
10	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	7 degree	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 remains	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 remains	det
13	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 remains	amod
14	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 remains	compound
15	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	10 none	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dilute	present · passive		They				to such degree	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3

They may be supplied only upon prescription

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 supplied	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 supplied	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 supplied	aux:pass
4	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 prescription	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 prescription	case
7	prescription	prescription	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 supplied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	may · passive		They				upon prescription	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 4

They are invariably more potent than conventional medicaments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 potent	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 potent	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 potent	advmod
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 potent	advmod
5	potent	potent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 medicaments	case
7	conventional	conventional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 medicaments	amod
8	medicaments	medicament	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 potent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					than conventional medicaments; invariably, potent property	tree rules

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