Exam question 2 · Changing-room germs
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the guidance pertaining to swimming with a verruca?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guidance · What happens: follow, characteris, pertain, swim · To what, where: guidance
This is exam question 2 of lesson 59 «Changing-room germs» 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 statements | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statements | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 statements | amod |
| 5 | statements | statement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obl |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 accurately | advmod |
| 7 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 8 characterises | advmod |
| 8 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 guidance | det |
| 10 | guidance | guidance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | pertaining | pertain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 guidance | acl |
| 12 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 13 swimming | mark |
| 13 | swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 pertaining | advcl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 verruca | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 verruca | det |
| 16 | verruca | verruca | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 swimming | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the guidance | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pertain | gerund | the guidance not said here | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | swim | gerund | the guidance not said here | with a verruca | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with verruca=Theme |
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
Swimming is prohibited until the verruca is excised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 3 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 excised | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 verruca | det |
| 6 | verruca | verruca | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 excised | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 excised | aux:pass |
| 8 | excised | excise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 prohibited | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | present · passive | Swimming | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | excise | present · passive | the verruca | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Swimming is prohibited for a period of one year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 3 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 period | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 period | det |
| 6 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prohibited | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 year | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 year | nummod |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 period | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | present · passive | Swimming | for a period of one year | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Swimming is permitted provided the verruca is covered
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 provided | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 provided | aux:pass |
| 3 | permitted | permit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 provided | aux:pass |
| 4 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 verruca | det |
| 6 | verruca | verruca | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 covered | aux:pass |
| 8 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 provided | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | provide | present · passive | Swimming | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cover | present · passive | the verruca | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
Option 4
Swimming is permitted only with the verruca exposed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 permitted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 permitted | aux:pass |
| 3 | permitted | permit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 permitted | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 verruca | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 verruca | det |
| 7 | verruca | verruca | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 permitted | obl |
| 8 | exposed | expose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 verruca | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | permit | present · passive | Swimming | with the verruca | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | expose | participle | the verruca not said here | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
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