Exam question 3 · The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning keyhole surgery.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic» 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	keyhole	keyhole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 surgery	compound
11	surgery	surgery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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	keyhole surgery		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus surgery=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 performed without incision of any kind, the instruments entering through the natural openings of the body

The tree, 18 words

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 performed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 incision	case
5	incision	incision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 kind	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 kind	det
8	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incision	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 instruments	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 instruments	det
11	instruments	instrument	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obl
12	entering	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 instruments	acl
13	through	through	ADP	_	16 openings	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 openings	det
15	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 openings	amod
16	openings	opening	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 entering	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 body	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 body	det
19	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 openings	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive		It				without incision of any kind; the instruments obl	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	enter	gerund	the instruments not said here			the natural openings of the body			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through opening=Initial_Location

Option 2

It is performed without anaesthesia 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	3 performed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 anaesthesia	case
5	anaesthesia	anaesthesia	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 instance	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 instance	det
8	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive		It		every instance		without anaesthesia	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is performed through small incisions with a camera and ordinarily permits swifter healing

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 performed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 incisions	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 incisions	amod
6	incisions	incision	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 camera	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 camera	det
9	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 permits	cc
11	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	12 permits	advmod
12	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	conj
13	swifter	swifter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 healing	compound
14	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 permits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive		It		small incisions		with a camera	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	permit	present		swifter healing				ordinarily property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent healing=Theme

Option 4

It is performed only upon adults

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 performed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 adults	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive		It				upon adults	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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