Exam question 4 · Sore the next day, stretching and rest days

Ascertain which of the following symptoms following sport most strongly indicates an injury rather than ordinary soreness.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, following symptoms · What happens: ascertain, follow, indicate · To what, where: sport, injury

This is exam question 4 of lesson 39 «Sore the next day, stretching and rest days» 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	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 indicates	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 symptoms	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 symptoms	det
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 symptoms	amod
6	symptoms	symptom	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 which	nmod
7	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 symptoms	acl
8	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 following	obj
9	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	10 strongly	advmod
10	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	7 following	advmod
11	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	ccomp
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 injury	det
13	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 indicates	obj
14	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	17 soreness	cc
15	than	than	ADP	_	14 rather	fixed
16	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 soreness	amod
17	soreness	soreness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 injury	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here			vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	follow	gerund	the following symptoms not said here	sport	strongly property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Theme
4	indicate	present		a injury rather ordinary soreness		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot injury=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

Sharp pain and swelling in one spot with a limp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pain	amod
2	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 swelling	cc
4	swelling	swelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pain	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 spot	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 spot	nummod
7	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pain	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 limp	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 limp	det
10	limp	limp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spot	nmod

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

Option 2

Tired legs on the evening of a match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 legs	amod
2	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 evening	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 evening	det
5	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 legs	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 match	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 match	det
8	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evening	nmod

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

Option 3

Mild stiffness on the morning after training

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stiffness	amod
2	stiffness	stiffness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 morning	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 morning	det
5	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stiffness	nmod
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 training	case
7	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stiffness	nmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A dull ache in both legs that eases in a few days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ache	det
2	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ache	amod
3	ache	ache	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 legs	case
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 legs	det
6	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ache	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 eases	nsubj
8	eases	ease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ache	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 days	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 days	det
11	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 days	amod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ease	present	a dull ache in both legs				day		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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