Exam question 3 · The GP, the family doctor and the nurse

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning referral to a specialist.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, referral

This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «The GP, the family doctor and the nurse» 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	referral	referral	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 specialist	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 specialist	det
13	specialist	specialist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
14	.	.	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	referral	to a specialist	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus referral=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

It is permitted only to adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 adults	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		It				to adults	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It precludes further consultation with the general practitioner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 precludes	nsubj
2	precludes	preclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consultation	amod
4	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precludes	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 practitioner	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 practitioner	det
7	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 practitioner	amod
8	practitioner	practitioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precludes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preclude	present	It	further consultation				with the general practitioner	vn exclude-107.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consultation=Theme

Option 3

It invariably signifies a grave condition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 signifies	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 signifies	advmod
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 condition	det
5	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 condition	amod
6	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	a grave condition				invariably property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot condition=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It does not of itself signify a grave condition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 signify	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 signify	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 signify	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 itself	case
5	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 signify	obl
6	signify	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 condition	det
8	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 condition	amod
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 signify	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not signify	present · do-support	It	a grave condition				of itself = it	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot condition=Theme

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