Exam question 2 · Sunshine, vitamin D and water

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning ultraviolet radiation on overcast days.

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, ultraviolet radiation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 23 «Sunshine, vitamin D and water» 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	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 radiation	amod
11	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 days	case
13	overcast	overcast	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 days	compound
14	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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	ultraviolet radiation	day		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus radiation=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

Cloud cover intercepts all ultraviolet radiation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cover	compound
2	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intercepts	nsubj
3	intercepts	intercept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 radiation	det
5	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 radiation	amod
6	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intercepts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intercept	present	Cloud cover	all ultraviolet radiation					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent radiation=Theme

Option 2

Sunburn occurs only at the coast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 coast	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 coast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coast	det
6	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Sunburn			the coast			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at coast=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cloud cover does not intercept all ultraviolet radiation, and sunburn may occur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cover	compound
2	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 intercept	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 intercept	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 intercept	advmod
5	intercept	intercept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 radiation	det
7	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 radiation	amod
8	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 intercept	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 occur	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 occur	cc
11	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 occur	nsubj
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 occur	aux
13	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 intercept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not intercept	present · do-support	Cloud cover	all ultraviolet radiation					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent radiation=Theme
2	occur	may	sunburn						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Ultraviolet radiation is emitted solely in hot weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ultraviolet	ultraviolet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 radiation	compound
2	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emitted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 emitted	aux:pass
4	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 emitted	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 weather	case
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 weather	amod
8	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present · passive		Ultraviolet radiation		hot weather		solely property	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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