Exam question 3 · Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones
It is given that a bone protrudes through the skin of a child's leg. State the appropriate course of action.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bone · What happens: give, protrude · To what, where: It, skin
This is exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones» 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 bone protrudes through the skin of a child's leg.
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 | _ | 7 protrudes | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bone | det |
| 6 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 protrudes | nsubj |
| 7 | protrudes | protrude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 skin | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 skin | det |
| 10 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 protrudes | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 leg | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 child | det |
| 13 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 leg | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 child | case |
| 15 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 skin | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | 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 | protrude | present | a bone | the skin of a child's leg | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through skin=Location |
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 appropriate course of action.
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 | 4 course | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 course | amod |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 action | case |
| 6 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 course | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
The child is to be conveyed by private car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 conveyed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 conveyed | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 conveyed | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 conveyed | aux:pass |
| 6 | conveyed | convey | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 car | case |
| 8 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 car | amod |
| 9 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 conveyed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | convey | present · passive | the child | by private car | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
An ambulance is to be summoned by an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ambulance | det |
| 2 | ambulance | ambulance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 summoned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 summoned | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 summoned | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 summoned | aux:pass |
| 6 | summoned | summon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 adult | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 adult | det |
| 9 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 summoned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | summon | present · passive | a adult | a ambulance | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The bone is to be pushed back into place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bone | det |
| 2 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pushed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pushed | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pushed | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 pushed | aux:pass |
| 6 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 pushed | advmod |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 place | case |
| 9 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pushed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push back | present · passive | the bone | place | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into place=Destination |
Option 4
The child is to be assisted to walk to the bench
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 assisted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 assisted | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 assisted | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 assisted | aux:pass |
| 6 | assisted | assist | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 walk | mark |
| 8 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 assisted | xcomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 bench | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bench | det |
| 11 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assist | present · passive | the child | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | walk | to-infinitive | the bench | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bench=Destination |
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