Exam question 3 · Why we sleep when ill

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning nutrition during a short infectious illness.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, nutrition

This is exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Why we sleep when ill» 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	nutrition	nutrition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	during	during	ADP	_	15 illness	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 illness	det
13	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 illness	amod
14	infectious	infectious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 illness	amod
15	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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	nutrition	during a short infectious illness		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nutrition=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

Food intake should be doubled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 intake	compound
2	intake	intake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doubled	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 doubled	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 doubled	aux:pass
5	doubled	double	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	should · passive		Food intake					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A reduced intake of food is acceptable, provided adequate fluids are taken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 intake	det
2	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 intake	amod
3	intake	intake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acceptable	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intake	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 acceptable	cop
7	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fluids	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 provided	punct
9	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 fluids	amod
10	adequate	adequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fluids	amod
11	fluids	fluid	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 taken	nsubj:pass
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 taken	aux:pass
13	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reduce	participle				vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer
2	is	present	a reduced intake of food		acceptable property	tree rules
3	provide	participle				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
4	take	present · passive		acceptable provided adequate fluids		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Full meals must be consumed without exception, in order to sustain the strength of the patient

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 meals	amod
2	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consumed	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 consumed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 consumed	aux:pass
5	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 exception	case
7	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sustain	punct
9	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 sustain	mark
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 in	fixed
11	to	to	PART	_	12 sustain	mark
12	sustain	sustain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 consumed	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 strength	det
14	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sustain	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 patient	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 patient	det
17	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 strength	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	must · passive		Full meals				without exception	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	sustain	to-infinitive		the strength of the patient					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent strength=Theme

Option 4

All fluids should be withheld

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 fluids	det
2	fluids	fluid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 withheld	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 withheld	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 withheld	aux:pass
5	withheld	withhold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withhold	should · passive		all fluids					tree rules

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