Exam question 3 · Colds and flu

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the nasal influenza vaccine administered to children.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, administer · To what, where: response, nasal influenza vaccine, children

This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Colds and flu» 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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 vaccine	det
11	nasal	nasal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 vaccine	amod
12	influenza	influenza	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 vaccine	compound
13	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	administered	administer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 vaccine	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 children	case
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 administered	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the nasal influenza vaccine			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vaccine=Experiencer
4	administer	participle		the nasal influenza vaccine not said here	children		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to child=Recipient

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

It consists solely of vitamin C

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 C	case
5	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 C	compound
6	C	c	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 solely	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					solely property	tree rules

Option 2

It induces a mild course of influenza lasting one week

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	2 induces	nsubj
2	induces	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 course	det
4	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 course	amod
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 influenza	case
7	influenza	influenza	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 course	nmod
8	lasting	last	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 influenza	acl
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 week	nummod
10	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lasting	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	present	It	a mild course of influenza					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Patient
2	last	gerund	influenza not said here				week		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It contains weakened viruses incapable of causing influenza

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	2 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	weakened	weaken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 incapable	amod
4	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 incapable	compound
5	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 causing	mark
7	causing	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 incapable	acl
8	influenza	influenza	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 causing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	contain	present	It	weakened viruses incapable	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot incapable=Theme
2	weaken	participle			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	cause	gerund	weakened viruses incapable not said here	influenza	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition influenza=Patient

Option 4

It requires no revision from year to year

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	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 revision	det
4	revision	revision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 year	case
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 year	case
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	no revision			year		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme revision=Precondition

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