Exam question 3 · Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E

Ascertain the purpose of placing an unconscious but breathing person in the recovery position.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, purpose · What happens: ascertain, place, breathe · To what, where: purpose, unconscious, person, recovery position

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 placing	mark
5	placing	place	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 purpose	acl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 unconscious	det
7	unconscious	unconscious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 placing	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 breathing	cc
9	breathing	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 placing	conj
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breathing	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 position	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 position	det
13	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 position	compound
14	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breathing	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the purpose		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	place	gerund	the purpose not said here	a unconscious		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent unconscious=Theme
3	breathe	gerund	the purpose not said here	person	the recovery position	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=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

The maintenance of an open airway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 maintenance	det
2	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 airway	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 airway	det
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 airway	amod
6	airway	airway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maintenance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain			a open airway					nom maintenance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The arrest of haemorrhage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrest	det
2	arrest	arrest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 haemorrhage	case
4	haemorrhage	haemorrhage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrest			haemorrhage					nom arrest «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The setting of fractures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 setting	det
2	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 fractures	case
4	fractures	fracture	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 setting	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The prompt restoration of consciousness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 restoration	det
2	prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 restoration	amod
3	restoration	restoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 consciousness	case
5	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restoration	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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