Exam question 3 · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters
It is given that a wound has become red, hot and swollen and is discharging pus. State the most probable explanation.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wound · What happens: give, become, discharge · To what, where: It, pus
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a wound has become red, hot and swollen and is discharging pus.
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 become | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wound | det |
| 6 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 become | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 become | aux |
| 8 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 become | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hot | punct |
| 11 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 red | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 swollen | cc |
| 13 | swollen | swollen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 red | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 discharging | cc |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 discharging | aux |
| 16 | discharging | discharge | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 given | conj |
| 17 | pus | pus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 discharging | obj |
| 18 | . | . | 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 | become | present · perfect | a wound | red property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | discharge | present · progressive | pus | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pus=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.
Sentence 2: State the most probable explanation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 explanation | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 probable | advmod |
| 4 | probable | probable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 explanation | amod |
| 5 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | nmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Excess skin is being formed at the margins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excess | excess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 skin | compound |
| 2 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 formed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 formed | aux:pass |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 formed | aux:pass |
| 5 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 margins | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 margins | det |
| 8 | margins | margin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 formed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | present · passive | Excess skin | the margins | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
The wound is healing in the ordinary manner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wound | det |
| 2 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 healing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 healing | aux |
| 4 | healing | heal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 manner | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 manner | det |
| 7 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 manner | amod |
| 8 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 healing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heal | present · progressive | the wound | the ordinary manner | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The wound has become infected
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wound | det |
| 2 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 become | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 become | aux |
| 4 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | infected | infect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 become | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present · perfect | the wound | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | infect | participle | the wound not said here | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The scab has been reabsorbed into the skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 scab | det |
| 2 | scab | scab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reabsorbed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reabsorbed | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 reabsorbed | aux:pass |
| 5 | reabsorbed | reabsorb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 skin | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 skin | det |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reabsorbed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reabsorb | present · perfect · passive | the scab | the skin | tree rules |
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