Exam question 3 · Heart and lungs when you run

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a slow resting pulse in a trained adult.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 36 «Heart and lungs when you run» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pulse	det
11	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pulse	amod
12	resting	resting	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pulse	compound
13	pulse	pulse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 adult	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 adult	det
16	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 adult	amod
17	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pulse	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	a slow resting pulse	in a trained adult	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pulse=Experiencer
4	train	participle				vn hire-13.5.3 «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

It indicates that heartbeats have been exhausted

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	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 exhausted	mark
4	heartbeats	heartbeat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 exhausted	nsubj:pass
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 exhausted	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 exhausted	aux:pass
7	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	exhaust	present · perfect · passive		heartbeats					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is a normal consequence of a strengthened heart

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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 heart	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 heart	det
8	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 heart	amod
9	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a normal consequence				of a strengthened heart	tree rules
2	strengthen	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It invariably denotes cardiac disease of a serious character

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 denotes	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 denotes	advmod
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cardiac	cardiac	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 disease	amod
5	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 character	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 character	det
8	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 character	amod
9	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disease	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	cardiac disease of a serious character				invariably property	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot disease=Topic

Option 4

It signifies imminent collapse

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 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	imminent	imminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 collapse	amod
4	collapse	collapse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	imminent collapse					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot collapse=Theme

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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