Exam question 3 · Sunshine, vitamin D and water

Whereas a person exposed to heat exhibits confusion and loss of consciousness, identify the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: expose, heat, identify · To what, where: person, exhibits confusion, appropriate course

This is exam question 3 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	3 person	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 identify	obl
4	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 person	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 heat	mark
6	heat	heat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 exposed	advcl
7	exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 confusion	compound
8	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heat	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 loss	cc
10	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 confusion	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 consciousness	case
12	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loss	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 person	punct
14	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 course	det
16	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 course	amod
17	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 identify	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 action	case
19	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 course	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	expose	participle		a person not said here		vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	heat	to-infinitive		exhibits confusion and loss of consciousness		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent confusion=Patient
3	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action	whereas a person	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme

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

Summoning emergency services by telephoning 999

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Summoning	summon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 services	compound
3	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Summoning	obj
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 telephoning	mark
5	telephoning	telephone	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Summoning	advcl
6	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 telephoning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	gerund		emergency services					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Recipient
2	telephone speech: other	gerund		999					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient

Option 2

Continued exposure until spontaneous recovery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Continued	obj
3	until	until	ADP	_	5 recovery	case
4	spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 recovery	amod
5	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Continued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	participle		exposure			until spontaneous recovery		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent exposure=Theme

Option 3

Administration of a strong and caffeinated beverage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Administration	administration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 beverage	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 beverage	det
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beverage	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 caffeinated	cc
6	caffeinated	caffeinated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 strong	conj
7	beverage	beverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Administration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer			a strong beverage					nom administration «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Covering the person with heavy blankets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Covering	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 blankets	case
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 blankets	amod
6	blankets	blanket	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Covering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	gerund			the person			with heavy blankets	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent person=Destination with blanket=Theme

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