Exam question 4 · Hurt on the pitch: rolled ankles, dead legs, winded, and w…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the recommended return to sport following a sprained ankle?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: recommended return · What happens: follow, characteris, recommend, sprain · To what, where: recommended return, sprained ankle

This is exam question 4 of lesson 46 «Hurt on the pitch: rolled ankles, dead legs, winded, and when to stop» 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	11 return	det
10	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 return	amod
11	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 sport	case
13	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 return	nmod
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 return	acl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 ankle	det
16	sprained	sprain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 ankle	amod
17	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 following	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the recommended return	of the following statements; to sport; accurately property	tree rules
3	recommend	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	follow	gerund	the recommended return not said here	a sprained ankle		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ankle=Theme
5	sprain	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

An immediate return upon cessation of pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 return	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 return	amod
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 cessation	case
5	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 pain	case
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return		pain					upon cessation	nom return «communication intransitive»: upon=obl of=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A return to full competition on the same day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 return	det
2	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 competition	case
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 competition	amod
5	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 return	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 return	nmod

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

Option 3

A permanent withdrawal from all physical activity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 withdrawal	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 withdrawal	amod
3	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 activity	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 activity	det
6	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 activity	amod
7	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 withdrawal	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A graduated progression from walking through training to competition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 progression	det
2	graduated	graduate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 progression	amod
3	progression	progression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 walking	mark
5	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 progression	acl
6	through	through	ADP	_	7 training	case
7	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walking	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 competition	case
9	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	graduate	participle							tree rules
2	walk	gerund	a graduated progression not said here			training		to competition result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to competition=Result

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/46-hurt-on-the-pitch-rolled-ankles-dead-legs-winded/e4/