Exam question 2 · Being in hospital, and a sick parent or grandparent

Identify the principal reason for which chemotherapy frequently occasions the loss of hair.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, chemotherapy · What happens: identify, occasion · To what, where: principal reason, loss

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 occasions	obl
7	chemotherapy	chemotherapy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 occasions	nsubj
8	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	9 occasions	advmod
9	occasions	occasion	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 loss	det
11	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 occasions	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 hair	case
13	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loss	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	occasion	present	chemotherapy	the loss of hair				for the principal reason; frequently property	tree rules

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 administered by injection through the scalp

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	3 administered	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 administered	aux:pass
3	administered	administer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 injection	case
5	injection	injection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 administered	obl
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 scalp	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 scalp	det
8	scalp	scalp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 administered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	present · passive	injection	It		the scalp			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

It indicates the failure of the treatment

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 failure	det
4	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 treatment	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 treatment	det
7	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 failure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	the failure of the treatment					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot failure=Topic
2	fail		the treatment						nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It destroys rapidly dividing cells, including those of the hair

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	2 destroys	nsubj
2	destroys	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	2 destroys	advmod
4	dividing	divide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 cells	amod
5	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 destroys	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 those	punct
7	including	including	ADP	_	8 those	case
8	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 destroys	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 hair	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hair	det
11	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 those	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	present	It	dividing cells				including those; rapidly property	vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument cell=Patient
2	divide	gerund							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The disease itself consumes the roots of the hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disease	det
2	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consumes	nsubj
3	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	2 disease	nmod:unmarked
4	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roots	det
6	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consumes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hair	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hair	det
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roots	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	the disease disease	the roots of the hair					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Asset

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