Exam question 4 · Why we sleep when ill

Ascertain the most probable explanation where a child improves after a cold and subsequently deteriorates.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: ascertain, improve, deteriorate · To what, where: probable explanation

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 explanation	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 explanation	amod
5	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 improves	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 improves	nsubj
9	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 explanation	acl:relcl
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 cold	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cold	det
12	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 improves	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 deteriorates	cc
14	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	15 deteriorates	advmod
15	deteriorates	deteriorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 improves	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the probable explanation			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Topic
2	improve	present	a child		after a cold		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	deteriorate	present	a child not said here			subsequently property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

Spontaneous duplication of the original virus within the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 duplication	amod
2	duplication	duplication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 virus	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 virus	det
5	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 virus	amod
6	virus	virus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 duplication	nmod
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 body	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 body	det
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 virus	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Insufficient use of screens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 use	amod
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 screens	case
4	screens	screen	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use			screens					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A secondary infection, such as of the ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 infection	det
2	secondary	secondary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 infection	amod
3	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ear	punct
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 ear	case
6	as	as	ADP	_	5 such	fixed
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 as	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ear	det
9	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 infection	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Excessive consumption of water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 consumption	amod
2	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume			water					nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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