Exam question 4 · Warming up, stitches and cramp
It is given that a swimmer experiences cramp in deep water. Determine the recommended course of action.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: swimmer experiences, you · What happens: give, cramp, determine, recommend · To what, where: It, deep water, recommended course
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a swimmer experiences cramp in deep water.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 cramp | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 experiences | det |
| 6 | swimmer | swimmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 experiences | compound |
| 7 | experiences | experience | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cramp | nsubj |
| 8 | cramp | cramp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 water | case |
| 10 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 water | amod |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cramp | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cramp | present | a swimmer experiences | deep water | 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.
Sentence 2: Determine the recommended course of action.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 course | det |
| 3 | recommended | recommend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 course | amod |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 action | case |
| 6 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 course | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the recommended course of action | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic | ||||
| 2 | recommend | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
To remain motionless beneath the surface
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 remain | mark |
| 2 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | motionless | motionless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 remain | xcomp |
| 4 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 6 surface | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 surface | det |
| 6 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 motionless | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | to-infinitive | motionless property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To float upon the back and summon assistance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 float | mark |
| 2 | float | float | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 back | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 back | det |
| 5 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 float | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 assistance | cc |
| 7 | summon | summon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 assistance | compound |
| 8 | assistance | assistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 back | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | to-infinitive | the back and summon assistance | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon back=Trajectory |
Option 3
To swim with maximum effort towards the edge of the pool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 swim | mark |
| 2 | swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 effort | case |
| 4 | maximum | maximum | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 effort | amod |
| 5 | effort | effort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swim | obl |
| 6 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 8 edge | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 edge | det |
| 8 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swim | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 pool | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pool | det |
| 11 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 edge | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | to-infinitive | the edge of the pool | with maximum effort | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards edge=Destination |
Option 4
To submerge in order to massage the muscle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 submerge | mark |
| 2 | submerge | submerge | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 order | case |
| 4 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 submerge | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 massage | mark |
| 6 | massage | massage | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 submerge | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 muscle | det |
| 8 | muscle | muscle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 massage | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | submerge | to-infinitive | order | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | massage | to-infinitive | the muscle | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muscle=Experiencer |
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