Exam question 2 · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the risk of tetanus?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, risk · To what, where: risk, tetanus

This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 risk	det
10	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 tetanus	case
12	tetanus	tetanus	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 risk	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the risk of tetanus	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	risk		tetanus		nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient

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

It arises from the sight of blood

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 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 sight	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sight	det
5	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 blood	case
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			the sight of blood			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sight			blood					nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It arises exclusively from contact with rust upon old metal

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 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 arises	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 contact	case
5	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 rust	case
7	rust	rust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contact	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 metal	case
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 metal	amod
10	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			contact with rust		upon old metal; exclusively property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon metal=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It arises from soil-borne organisms entering deep or contaminated wounds

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 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	7 organisms	case
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 borne	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 soil	punct
6	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 organisms	amod
7	organisms	organism	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arises	obl
8	entering	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 organisms	acl
9	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wounds	amod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 contaminated	cc
11	contaminated	contaminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 deep	conj
12	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 entering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	arise	present	It		borne organisms	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bear	participle				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	enter	gerund	borne organisms not said here	deep wounds		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wound=Destination
4	contaminate	participle	borne organisms not said here			vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It arises from the removal of stitches before the wound has closed

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 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 removal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 removal	det
5	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 stitches	case
7	stitches	stitch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 removal	nmod
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 closed	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wound	det
10	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 closed	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 closed	aux
12	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 arises	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	arise	present	It		the removal of stitches	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	close	present · perfect · passive		the wound		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	remove			stitches		nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

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