Exam question 1 · Water, fizzy drinks and sports drinks

Identify the principal reason for which the consumption of fluid is recommended during physical exertion.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, recommend, consume · To what, where: principal reason, consumption, fluid

This is exam question 1 of lesson 51 «Water, fizzy drinks and sports drinks» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 recommended	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 consumption	det
8	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 recommended	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 fluid	case
10	fluid	fluid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consumption	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 recommended	aux:pass
12	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
13	during	during	ADP	_	15 exertion	case
14	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 exertion	amod
15	exertion	exertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 recommended	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	recommend	present · passive		the consumption of fluid	during physical exertion	for the principal reason	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for which=Attribute
3	consume			fluid			nom consumption «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To replace water lost through perspiration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 replace	mark
2	replace	replace	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replace	obj
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 water	acl
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 perspiration	case
6	perspiration	perspiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	to-infinitive		water					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Co-Theme
2	lose	participle		water not said here		perspiration			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To increase the weight of the body for greater strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 increase	mark
2	increase	increase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 weight	det
4	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increase	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 body	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weight	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 strength	case
9	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 strength	amod
10	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increase	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	to-infinitive		the weight of the body				for greater strength	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer weight=Patient

Option 3

To cool the stomach exclusively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cool	mark
2	cool	cool	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stomach	det
4	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cool	obj
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 cool	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	to-infinitive		the stomach				exclusively property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stomach=Patient

Option 4

To dilute the blood to excess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dilute	mark
2	dilute	dilute	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blood	det
4	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dilute	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 excess	mark
6	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dilute	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dilute	to-infinitive		the blood					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent blood=Patient

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