Exam question 4 · Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones
Ascertain the treatment most commonly employed for a fracture of the collarbone.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, employ, fracture · To what, where: treatment, collarbone
This is exam question 4 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 treatment | det |
| 3 | treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 commonly | advmod |
| 5 | commonly | commonly | ADV | _ | 6 employed | advmod |
| 6 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 treatment | acl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 fracture | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fracture | det |
| 9 | fracture | fracture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 employed | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 collarbone | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 collarbone | det |
| 12 | collarbone | collarbone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fracture | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the treatment | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Topic | ||||
| 2 | employ | participle | the treatment not said here | for a fracture of the collarbone; commonly property | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for fracture=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | fracture | the collarbone | nom fracture «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
No support of any kind is provided
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 support | det |
| 2 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 provided | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 kind | case |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 kind | det |
| 5 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 support | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 provided | aux:pass |
| 7 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | provide | present · passive | no support of any kind | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | support | any kind | nom support «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The arm is supported in a sling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 arm | det |
| 2 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 supported | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 supported | aux:pass |
| 4 | supported | support | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 sling | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sling | det |
| 7 | sling | sling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 supported | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | support | present · passive | the arm | a sling | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
Option 3
The bone is manipulated by a teammate
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 | 4 manipulated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 manipulated | aux:pass |
| 4 | manipulated | manipulate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 teammate | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 teammate | det |
| 7 | teammate | teammate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 manipulated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | manipulate | present · passive | a teammate | the bone | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 4
The entire torso is encased in plaster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 torso | det |
| 2 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 torso | amod |
| 3 | torso | torso | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 encased | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 encased | aux:pass |
| 5 | encased | encase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 plaster | case |
| 7 | plaster | plaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 encased | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | encase | present · passive | the entire torso | plaster | tree rules |
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