Exam question 2 · The optician and glasses

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the habitual wearing of spectacles by children.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, wear · To what, where: response, habitual

This is exam question 2 of lesson 27 «The optician and glasses» 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	11 habitual	det
11	habitual	habitual	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 concerning	advcl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 spectacles	case
14	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 wearing	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 children	case
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 wearing	obl
17	.	.	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 habitual		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus habitual=Experiencer
4	wear	gerund	the established facts not said here		of spectacles; by children	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent of spectacle=Source

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 induces a permanent squint

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 induces	nsubj
2	induces	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 squint	det
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 squint	amod
5	squint	squint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	present	It	a permanent squint					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent squint=Patient

Option 2

It causes deterioration of the eyesight

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 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	deterioration	deterioration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 eyesight	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eyesight	det
6	eyesight	eyesight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deterioration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	deterioration of the eyesight					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition deterioration=Patient
2	deteriorate		the eyesight						nom deterioration «state intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It does not cause deterioration of the eyesight

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	4 cause	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 cause	advmod
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	deterioration	deterioration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 eyesight	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eyesight	det
8	eyesight	eyesight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deterioration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cause	present · do-support	It	deterioration of the eyesight					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition deterioration=Patient
2	deteriorate		the eyesight						nom deterioration «state intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

It is prohibited by law before the age of sixteen

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 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 age	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 age	det
8	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 sixteen	case
10	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	It			before the age of sixteen		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

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