Exam question 4 · Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E

Whereas a public defibrillator is applied to a person in collapse, determine the conduct of the device.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: apply, determine, conduct · To what, where: public defibrillator, conduct, device

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	6 applied	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 defibrillator	det
3	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 defibrillator	amod
4	defibrillator	defibrillator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 applied	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 applied	aux:pass
6	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 determine	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 applied	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 collapse	case
11	collapse	collapse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 applied	punct
13	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 conduct	det
15	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 determine	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 device	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 device	det
18	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conduct	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	apply	present · passive		a public defibrillator	to a person in collapse	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the conduct of the device		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
3	conduct			the device		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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

It administers oxygen through the nose

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 administers	nsubj
2	administers	administer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administers	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 nose	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nose	det
6	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	present	It	oxygen		the nose			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent oxygen=Theme

Option 2

It administers medicament intravenously

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 administers	nsubj
2	administers	administer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	medicament	medicament	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administers	obj
4	intravenously	intravenously	ADV	_	2 administers	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	present	It	medicament				intravenously property	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent medicament=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It administers a shock in every instance

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 administers	nsubj
2	administers	administer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shock	det
4	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administers	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 instance	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 instance	det
7	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	present	It	a shock		every instance			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent shock=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It administers a shock only where the cardiac rhythm requires it

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 administers	nsubj
2	administers	administer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shock	det
4	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administers	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	10 requires	advmod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 requires	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rhythm	det
8	cardiac	cardiac	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rhythm	amod
9	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 requires	nsubj
10	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 administers	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	present	It	a shock					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent shock=Theme
2	require	present	the cardiac rhythm	shock					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition

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