Exam question 4 · Changing-room germs
It is given that a participant has an open cold sore. Select the appropriate course of action in respect of contact sport.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: participant, you · What happens: give, have, select, respect · To what, where: It, open cold sore, appropriate course, respect, contact sport
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a participant has an open cold sore.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 has | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 participant | det |
| 6 | participant | participant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sore | det |
| 9 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sore | amod |
| 10 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sore | amod |
| 11 | sore | sore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | have | present | a participant | a open cold sore | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sore=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.
Sentence 2: Select the appropriate course of action in respect of contact sport.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 course | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 course | amod |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 action | case |
| 6 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 course | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 respect | case |
| 8 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sport | case |
| 10 | contact | contact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sport | compound |
| 11 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 respect | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the appropriate course of action | respect of contact sport | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme | |||
| 2 | respect | contact sport | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Participation in the second half only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Participation | participation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 half | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 half | det |
| 4 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 half | amod |
| 5 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 1 Participation | nmod |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 half | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Concealment of the sore with mud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concealment | concealment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 sore | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sore | det |
| 4 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Concealment | appos |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 mud | case |
| 6 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sore | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Participation in the scrum without restriction
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Participation | participation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 scrum | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 scrum | det |
| 4 | scrum | scrum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Participation | nmod |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 restriction | case |
| 6 | restriction | restriction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scrum | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Abstention until the sore has healed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abstention | abstention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 healed | nsubj |
| 2 | until | until | ADP | _ | 4 sore | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sore | det |
| 4 | sore | sore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Abstention | nmod |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 healed | aux |
| 6 | healed | heal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heal | present · perfect | Abstention until the sore | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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