Exam question 4 · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cleansing of a superficial graze.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, cleanse · To what, where: response, cleansing, superficial graze

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cleansing	det
11	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 graze	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 graze	det
14	superficial	superficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 graze	amod
15	graze	graze	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cleansing	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the cleansing of a superficial graze		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cleansing=Experiencer
4	cleanse			a superficial graze		nom cleansing «act 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

The wound is to be kept entirely dry and unwashed

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	6 kept	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 kept	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 kept	aux:pass
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	8 dry	advmod
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kept	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 unwashed	cc
10	unwashed	unwashed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		the wound				dry property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Grit is to be left in situ as protection against infection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grit	grit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 left	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 situ	case
7	situ	situ	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 protection	case
9	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl
10	against	against	ADP	_	11 infection	case
11	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 protection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		Grit		situ		as protection against infection	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in situ=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Irrigation with clean running water is the principal measure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 measure	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 water	case
3	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
4	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Irrigation	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 measure	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 measure	det
8	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 measure	amod
9	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	Irrigation with clean running water	the principal measure					tree rules

Option 4

Antiseptic causing stinging is indispensable to cleansing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Antiseptic	antiseptic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stinging	amod
2	causing	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stinging	amod
3	stinging	stinging	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indispensable	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 indispensable	cop
5	indispensable	indispensable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	SCONJ	_	7 cleansing	mark
7	cleansing	cleanse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 indispensable	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cause	gerund			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	present	Antiseptic causing stinging	indispensable property	tree rules
3	cleanse	gerund	Antiseptic causing stinging not said here		vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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