Exam question 1 · Warming up, stitches and cramp

Identify the principal purpose of a warm-up undertaken prior to physical exertion.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, warm undertaken physical exertion · What happens: identify, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Warming up, stitches and cramp» 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 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	14 exertion	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 exertion	det
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 exertion	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 up	punct
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 warm	compound:prt
10	undertaken	undertaken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 exertion	amod
11	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 physical	case
12	to	to	ADP	_	11 prior	fixed
13	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 exertion	amod
14	exertion	exertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
15	.	.	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 purpose of a warm undertaken physical exertion					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	purpose		a warm undertaken physical exertion						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

To raise the heart rate and warm the muscles in preparation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 raise	mark
2	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rate	det
4	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rate	compound
5	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raise	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 warm	cc
7	warm	warm	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 raise	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 muscles	det
9	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 warm	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 preparation	case
11	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 warm	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	to-infinitive		the heart rate					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rate=Theme
2	warm	infinitive		the muscles		preparation			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent muscle=Patient

Option 2

To fatigue the muscles in advance of competition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fatigue	mark
2	fatigue	fatigue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 muscles	det
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fatigue	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 advance	case
6	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fatigue	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 competition	case
8	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 advance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fatigue	to-infinitive		the muscles		advance of competition			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus muscle=Experiencer
2	advance		competition						nom advance «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

To lower the temperature of the body before exertion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lower	mark
2	lower	lower	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 temperature	det
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lower	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 body	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 temperature	nmod
8	before	before	ADP	_	9 exertion	case
9	exertion	exertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lower	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	to-infinitive		the temperature of the body		exertion			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme before exertion=Destination

Option 4

To render any subsequent stretching of the muscles unnecessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 render	mark
2	render	render	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 stretching	det
4	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stretching	amod
5	stretching	stretching	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 render	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 muscles	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 muscles	det
8	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stretching	nmod
9	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 render	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	to-infinitive		any subsequent stretching of the muscles				unnecessary property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stretching=Theme
2	stretch			the muscles					nom stretching «act transitive»: of=patient

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