Exam question 1 · Being in hospital, and a sick parent or grandparent
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the transmission of cancer between persons.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, transmit · To what, where: response, transmission, cancer
This is exam question 1 of lesson 33 «Being in hospital, and a sick parent or grandparent» 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 | 11 transmission | det |
| 11 | transmission | transmission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 cancer | case |
| 13 | cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 transmission | nmod |
| 14 | between | between | ADP | _ | 15 persons | case |
| 15 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 cancer | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | 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 | the transmission of cancer between persons | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus transmission=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | transmit | cancer between persons | nom transmission «act 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
Cancer is not transmitted from one person to another
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 transmitted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 transmitted | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 transmitted | advmod |
| 4 | transmitted | transmit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 person | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 person | nummod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 transmitted | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 another | case |
| 9 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 transmitted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not transmit | present · passive | Cancer | another | from one person | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from person=Initial_Location to another=Destination |
Option 2
Cancer is transmitted by close physical contact
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transmitted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 transmitted | aux:pass |
| 3 | transmitted | transmit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 contact | case |
| 5 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 contact | amod |
| 6 | physical | physical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 contact | amod |
| 7 | contact | contact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transmitted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transmit | present · passive | close physical contact | Cancer | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3
Cancer is transmitted through coughing or sneezing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transmitted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 transmitted | aux:pass |
| 3 | transmitted | transmit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 5 coughing | case |
| 5 | coughing | coughing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transmitted | obl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 sneezing | cc |
| 7 | sneezing | sneezing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 coughing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transmit | present · passive | Cancer | coughing or sneezing | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Cancer is transmitted by the sharing of cups and cutlery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transmitted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 transmitted | aux:pass |
| 3 | transmitted | transmit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 sharing | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sharing | det |
| 6 | sharing | sharing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transmitted | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 cups | case |
| 8 | cups | cup | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sharing | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 cutlery | cc |
| 10 | cutlery | cutlery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cups | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transmit | present · passive | the sharing of cups and cutlery | Cancer | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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