Exam question 4 · The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic

Whereas the infusion pump of an intravenous drip emits an audible alarm, determine the most accurate characterisation of such alarm.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: infusion pump, you · What happens: emit, determine, characterise · To what, where: audible alarm, accurate characterisation, such alarm

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	9 emits	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pump	det
3	infusion	infusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pump	compound
4	pump	pump	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 emits	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 drip	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 drip	det
7	intravenous	intravenous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 drip	amod
8	drip	drip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pump	nmod
9	emits	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 determine	advcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 alarm	det
11	audible	audible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 alarm	amod
12	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 emits	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 emits	punct
14	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 characterisation	det
16	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	17 accurate	advmod
17	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 characterisation	amod
18	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 determine	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 alarm	case
20	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 alarm	amod
21	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 characterisation	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	emit	present	the infusion pump of a intravenous drip	a audible alarm	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source alarm=Theme
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the accurate characterisation of such alarm	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic
3	characterise			such alarm	nom characterisation «communication 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

A signal that attention is required, not ordinarily indicative of danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 signal	det
2	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 required	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 attention	det
4	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signal	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 required	aux:pass
6	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 indicative	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 indicative	advmod
9	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	10 indicative	advmod
10	indicative	indicative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 required	xcomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 danger	case
12	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 indicative	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		a signal					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 2

A certain indication of grave danger to the life of the patient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 indication	det
2	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 indication	amod
3	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 danger	case
5	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 danger	compound
6	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indication	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 life	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 life	det
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 danger	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 patient	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 patient	det
12	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 life	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate			grave danger to the life of the patient					nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A malfunction requiring the patient to remove the drip without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 malfunction	det
2	malfunction	malfunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 patient	nsubj
3	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 patient	amod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 patient	det
5	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 remove	mark
7	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 patient	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 drip	det
9	drip	drip	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remove	obj
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 delay	case
11	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	gerund							vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	remove	to-infinitive		the drip				without delay	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drip=Theme

Option 4

A signal that the operation is about to commence in the theatre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 signal	det
2	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 about	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 operation	det
5	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 about	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 about	cop
7	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 signal	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 commence	mark
9	commence	commence	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 about	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 theatre	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 theatre	det
12	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 commence	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a signal					about property	tree rules
2	commence	to-infinitive	a signal not said here			the theatre			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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