Exam question 4 · Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★

Assess the claim that weeing upon a jellyfish sting relieves the pain.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, weeing · What happens: assess, wee, relieve · To what, where: claim, pain

This is exam question 4 of lesson 77 «Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★» 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	Assess	assess	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 claim	det
3	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Assess	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 relieves	mark
5	weeing	wee	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 relieves	csubj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 sting	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sting	det
8	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sting	compound
9	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 weeing	obl
10	relieves	relieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Assess	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pain	det
12	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relieves	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Assess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	assess	imperative	you not said here	the claim		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
2	wee	gerund			upon a jellyfish sting	tree rules
3	relieve	present	weeing	the pain		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pain=Experiencer

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

It is a myth

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	4 myth	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 myth	det
4	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a myth					tree rules

Option 2

It is true only in cold seas

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 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 seas	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 seas	case
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seas	amod
7	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			cold seas		true property	tree rules

Option 3

It is true for children only

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 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 children	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for children; true property	tree rules

Option 4

It is true and widely advised

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 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 advised	cc
5	widely	widely	ADV	_	6 advised	advmod
6	advised	advise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 true	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	advise speech: other	participle						widely property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

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