Exam question 4 · Heat, sun and cold on sports day

Ascertain the method recommended for the rewarming of a child exhibiting signs of excessive cold.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: ascertain, recommend, rewarm, exhibit, sign · To what, where: method, signs, excessive cold

This is exam question 4 of lesson 50 «Heat, sun and cold on sports day» 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 method	det
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 method	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	10 child	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 child	det
7	rewarming	rewarm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 child	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 child	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recommended	obl
11	exhibiting	exhibit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 child	acl
12	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 exhibiting	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 cold	case
14	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cold	amod
15	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 signs	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the method		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Topic
2	recommend	participle		the method not said here	for the child	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for child=Attribute
3	rewarm	gerund				tree rules
4	exhibit	gerund	the child not said here	signs of excessive cold		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
5	sign			excessive cold		nom sign «communication 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 right answer

Gradual rewarming indoors with dry clothing and blankets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gradual	gradual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	rewarming	rewarm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Gradual	advcl
3	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	2 rewarming	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 clothing	case
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clothing	amod
6	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rewarming	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 blankets	cc
8	blankets	blanket	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rewarm	gerund						with dry clothing and blankets; indoors property	tree rules

Option 2

Immediate immersion in a hot bath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 immersion	amod
2	immersion	immersion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 bath	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bath	det
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bath	amod
6	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 immersion	nmod

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

Option 3

Strenuous running in the open air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strenuous	strenuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Strenuous	advcl
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 air	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 air	amod
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund				the open air			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory

Option 4

Vigorous rubbing of the arms and legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rubbing	amod
2	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 arms	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arms	det
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rubbing	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 legs	cc
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 arms	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub			the arms and legs					nom rubbing «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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