Exam question 4 · Sprains, strains and bruises

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the so-called funny bone.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, call · To what, where: response, funny bone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 3 «Sprains, strains and bruises» 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	15 bone	det
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 called	advmod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 so	punct
13	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 bone	acl
14	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bone	amod
15	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
16	.	.	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 funny bone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bone=Experiencer
4	call	participle		the funny bone not said here		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 is a muscle of the arm associated with laughter

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 muscle	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 muscle	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 muscle	det
4	muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 arm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 arm	det
7	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 muscle	nmod
8	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 muscle	acl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 laughter	case
10	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 associated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a muscle				of the arm	tree rules
2	associate	participle		a muscle not said here				with laughter	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with laughter=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is a small supplementary bone of the elbow joint

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	6 bone	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bone	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bone	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bone	amod
5	supplementary	supplementary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bone	amod
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 joint	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 joint	det
9	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 joint	compound
10	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a small supplementary bone				of the elbow joint	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a nerve passing superficially over the elbow

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 nerve	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 nerve	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 nerve	det
4	nerve	nerve	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 nerve	acl
6	superficially	superficially	ADV	_	5 passing	advmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 elbow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 elbow	det
9	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a nerve					tree rules
2	pass	gerund	a nerve not said here			the elbow		superficially property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over elbow=Location

Option 4

It is the extremity of the forearm bone

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 extremity	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 extremity	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 extremity	det
4	extremity	extremity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 bone	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bone	det
7	forearm	forearm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bone	compound
8	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 extremity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the extremity				of the forearm bone	tree rules

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