Exam question 2 · Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the NHS 111 service.

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, NHS service

This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E» 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	13 service	det
11	NHS	NHS	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 service	compound
12	111	111	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 NHS	flat
13	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
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	the NHS service		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus service=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 reserved for cardiac arrest

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 reserved	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reserved	aux:pass
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 arrest	case
5	cardiac	cardiac	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 arrest	amod
6	arrest	arrest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	present · passive		It				for cardiac arrest	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for arrest=Beneficiary

Option 2

It is the emergency number of the United States

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	5 number	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 number	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
4	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 number	compound
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 States	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 States	det
8	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 States	amod
9	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the emergency number				of the United States	tree rules

Option 3

It summons the fire service exclusively

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 summons	nsubj
2	summons	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 service	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 service	compound
5	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summons	obj
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 summons	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	present	It	the fire service				exclusively property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It furnishes urgent medical advice in cases not threatening to life

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 furnishes	nsubj
2	furnishes	furnish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	urgent	urgent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 advice	amod
4	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 advice	amod
5	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 furnishes	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 cases	case
7	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 furnishes	obl
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 threatening	advmod
9	threatening	threaten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 furnishes	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 life	case
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 threatening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	present	It	urgent medical advice		cases			vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Recipient
2	not threaten	gerund						to life	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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