Exam question 3 · Needles and brave faces

Whereas a patient has previously fainted during venepuncture, determine the precaution customarily adopted.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: faint, determine, adopt · To what, where: patient, precaution

This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» 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	_	6 fainted	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 patient	det
3	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fainted	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fainted	aux
5	previously	previously	ADV	_	6 fainted	advmod
6	fainted	faint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 determine	advcl
7	during	during	ADP	_	8 venepuncture	case
8	venepuncture	venepuncture	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fainted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fainted	punct
10	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 precaution	det
12	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determine	obj
13	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	14 adopted	advmod
14	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 precaution	acl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	faint	present · perfect · passive		a patient	during venepuncture	previously property	tree rules
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the precaution			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precaution=Topic
3	adopt	participle		the precaution not said here		customarily property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The procedure is performed with the patient lying down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 procedure	det
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 performed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 performed	aux:pass
4	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 patient	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 patient	det
7	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 performed	obl
8	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 patient	acl
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 lying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive		the procedure				with the patient	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	lie down	gerund	the patient not said here					down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Food is withheld for twenty-four hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 withheld	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 withheld	aux:pass
3	withheld	withhold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	8 hours	case
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hours	nummod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 twenty	punct
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 twenty	conj
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 withheld	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withhold	present · passive		Food			hour		tree rules

Option 3

The procedure is performed with the patient standing upright

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 procedure	det
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 performed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 performed	aux:pass
4	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 patient	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 patient	det
7	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 performed	obl
8	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 patient	acl
9	upright	upright	ADV	_	8 standing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive		the procedure				with the patient	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	stand	gerund	the patient not said here					upright property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The procedure is abandoned permanently thereafter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 procedure	det
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abandoned	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 abandoned	aux:pass
4	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	4 abandoned	advmod
6	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	4 abandoned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	present · passive		the procedure				permanently, thereafter property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source

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