Exam question 4 · Burns, sunburn and stings

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning blisters arising from a burn.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, concerning blisters · What happens: select, establish, arise · To what, where: response, burn

This is exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Burns, sunburn and stings» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 blisters	amod
10	blisters	blister	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 blisters	acl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 burn	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 burn	det
14	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 arising	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	arise	gerund	concerning blisters not said here		a burn		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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

They are to be covered with butter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 covered	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 covered	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 covered	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 covered	aux:pass
5	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 butter	case
7	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present · passive		They				with butter	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with butter=Theme

Option 2

They ought to be punctured at once to release the heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 punctured	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 punctured	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 punctured	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 punctured	aux:pass
5	punctured	puncture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 punctured	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 release	mark
9	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 punctured	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heat	det
11	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 release	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	puncture	ought · passive		They					vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	release	to-infinitive		the heat					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer heat=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are best left intact, as they protect the healing skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux:pass
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 left	advmod
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	intact	intact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 left	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 protect	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 protect	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 protect	nsubj
9	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 skin	det
11	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 skin	compound
12	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		They				intact, well property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	protect	present	they	the healing skin					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Beneficiary

Option 4

They indicate that the burn is wholly superficial and harmless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 superficial	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 burn	det
5	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 superficial	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 superficial	cop
7	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	8 superficial	advmod
8	superficial	superficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 indicate	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 harmless	cc
10	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 superficial	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the burn	superficial, wholly property	tree rules
3	be		the burn not said here		tree rules

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