Exam question 3 · The optician and glasses

Ascertain the purpose for which the occlusion of the stronger eye is prescribed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, prescribe, occlude · To what, where: purpose, occlusion, stronger eye

This is exam question 3 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	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	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 prescribed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 occlusion	det
7	occlusion	occlusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 prescribed	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 eye	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 eye	det
10	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 eye	amod
11	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 occlusion	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 prescribed	aux:pass
13	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 purpose	acl:relcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the purpose		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	prescribe	present · passive		the occlusion of the stronger eye	for the purpose	tree rules
3	occlude			the stronger eye		nom occlusion «state 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To compel the brain to employ the weaker eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 compel	mark
2	compel	compel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brain	det
4	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compel	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 employ	mark
6	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 compel	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eye	det
8	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 eye	amod
9	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 employ	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	to-infinitive		the brain					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient
2	employ	to-infinitive		the weaker eye					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme

Option 2

To dilate the pupil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dilate	mark
2	dilate	dilate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dilate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dilate	to-infinitive		the pupil					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pupil=Patient

Option 3

To protect the stronger eye from any infection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eye	det
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 eye	amod
5	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 infection	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 infection	det
8	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive		the stronger eye				from any infection	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Beneficiary from infection=Theme

Option 4

To correct colour blindness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 correct	mark
2	correct	correct	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blindness	compound
4	blindness	blindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 correct	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correct speech: disagree	to-infinitive		colour blindness					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent blindness=Patient

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