Exam question 1 · Nosebleeds and bumps on the head

Identify the recommended posture for the management of a nosebleed.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, recommend, manage · To what, where: recommended posture, nosebleed

This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Nosebleeds and bumps on the head» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 posture	det
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 posture	amod
4	posture	posture	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 management	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 management	det
7	management	management	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 nosebleed	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 nosebleed	det
10	nosebleed	nosebleed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 management	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the recommended posture	for the management of a nosebleed	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent posture=Theme
2	recommend	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	manage			a nosebleed		nom management «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

Seated, with the nose blown forcefully and repeatedly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 nose	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 nose	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 nose	det
5	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seated	obl
6	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 nose	acl
7	forcefully	forcefully	ADV	_	6 blown	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 blown	cc
9	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	6 blown	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seat	participle						with the nose	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
2	blow	participle		the nose not said here				forcefully, repeatedly property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Seated, leaning forward, with the soft part of the nose compressed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 leaning	punct
3	leaning	lean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Seated	advcl
4	forward	forward	ADV	_	3 leaning	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 part	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 part	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
8	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaning	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 nose	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nose	det
12	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	nmod
13	compressed	compress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 nose	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seat	participle			vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
2	lean	gerund		with the soft part of the nose; forward property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	compress	participle	the nose not said here		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Supine, with the head tilted backwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Supine	supine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 head	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 head	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 head	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Supine	appos
6	tilted	tilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 head	acl
7	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	6 tilted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tilt	participle		the head not said here				backwards property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Standing, with the head inverted below the heart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 head	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 head	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 head	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Standing	obl
6	inverted	invert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 head	acl
7	below	below	ADP	_	9 heart	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 heart	det
9	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 inverted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund						with the head	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	invert	participle		the head not said here		the heart			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

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