Exam question 3 · Warming up, stitches and cramp

Ascertain the most appropriate response to a cramp arising in the calf muscle.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, cramp · What happens: ascertain, arise · To what, where: appropriate response, calf muscle

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 response	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 cramp	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cramp	det
8	cramp	cramp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	nmod
9	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 cramp	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 muscle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 muscle	det
12	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 muscle	compound
13	muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arising	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response				to a cramp	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
2	arise	gerund	a cramp not said here			the calf muscle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in muscle=Location

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

A sudden and forceful jerk of the affected limb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 jerk	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 jerk	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 forceful	cc
4	forceful	forceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sudden	conj
5	jerk	jerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 limb	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 limb	det
8	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 limb	amod
9	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jerk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The immediate consumption of three bananas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consumption	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 consumption	amod
3	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 bananas	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 bananas	nummod
6	bananas	banana	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume			three bananas					nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

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

A slow and steady stretch, drawing the toes towards the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stretch	det
2	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stretch	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 steady	cc
4	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 slow	conj
5	stretch	stretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 drawing	punct
7	drawing	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stretch	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 toes	det
9	toes	toe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 drawing	obj
10	towards	towards	ADP	_	12 body	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 body	det
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drawing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	gerund	a slow stretch not said here	the toes		the body			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent toe=Theme towards body=Destination

Option 4

Complete abstention from movement for a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 abstention	amod
2	abstention	abstention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 movement	case
4	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abstention	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 week	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 week	det
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abstention	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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