Exam question 2 · Warming up, stitches and cramp

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the abdominal pain termed a stitch.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, response · What happens: select, establish, concern, term · To what, where: abdominal pain, stitch

This is exam question 2 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	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	13 termed	nsubj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
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	12 pain	det
11	abdominal	abdominal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pain	compound
12	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	termed	term	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	ccomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 stitch	det
15	stitch	stitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 termed	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
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 abdominal pain	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pain=Experiencer
4	term	past	the response	a stitch	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stitch=Theme

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 persists for several days in all instances

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 persists	nsubj
2	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 days	case
4	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 days	amod
5	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 persists	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 instances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 instances	det
8	instances	instance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 persists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persist	present	It			all instances	day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in instance=Location

Option 2

It is invariably caused by a deficiency of potassium in the diet

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	4 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 caused	advmod
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 deficiency	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 deficiency	det
7	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 potassium	case
9	potassium	potassium	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 deficiency	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 diet	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 diet	det
12	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	a deficiency of potassium	It		the diet		invariably property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

Option 3

It invariably denotes the rupture of an internal organ

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rupture	det
5	rupture	rupture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 organ	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 organ	det
8	internal	internal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 organ	amod
9	organ	organ	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rupture	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the rupture of a internal organ				invariably property	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rupture=Topic
2	rupture			a internal organ					nom rupture «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its precise cause is unknown and it subsides upon slowing down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cause	nmod:poss
2	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cause	amod
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unknown	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unknown	cop
5	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 subsides	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 subsides	nsubj
8	subsides	subside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unknown	conj
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 slowing	mark
10	slowing	slow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 subsides	advcl
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 slowing	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Its precise cause	unknown property	tree rules
2	subside	present	cause		vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	slow down	gerund	cause not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	cause		Its = it		nom cause «event transitive»: poss=agent

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