Exam question 2 · Mum's vitamin and cod-liver oil

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the supplementation of omega-3 oils in healthy children.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, supplementation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Mum's vitamin and cod-liver oil» 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 supplementation	det
11	supplementation	supplementation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 omega	case
13	omega	omega	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 supplementation	nmod
14	-	-	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	15 3	case
15	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 oils	nummod
16	oils	oil	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 omega	appos
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 children	case
18	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 children	amod
19	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 oils	nmod
20	.	.	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 supplementation of omega		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus supplementation=Experiencer

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

Supplementation is compulsory under statute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Supplementation	supplementation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compulsory	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 compulsory	cop
3	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 statute	case
5	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compulsory	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Supplementation			statute		compulsory property	tree rules

Option 2

Such oils are injurious in any quantity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 oils	amod
2	oils	oil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 injurious	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 injurious	cop
4	injurious	injurious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 quantity	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 quantity	det
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 injurious	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such oils			any quantity		injurious property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No clear improvement in intelligence or attainment has been demonstrated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 improvement	det
2	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 improvement	amod
3	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 demonstrated	nsubj:pass
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 intelligence	case
5	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 improvement	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 attainment	cc
7	attainment	attainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 intelligence	conj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 demonstrated	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 demonstrated	aux:pass
10	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present · perfect · passive		no clear improvement in intelligence or attainment					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

A substantial improvement in intelligence has been demonstrated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 improvement	det
2	substantial	substantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 improvement	amod
3	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demonstrated	nsubj:pass
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 intelligence	case
5	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 improvement	nmod
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 demonstrated	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 demonstrated	aux:pass
8	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present · perfect · passive		a substantial improvement in intelligence					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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