Exam question 2 · Fever

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises fever?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: fever

This is exam question 2 of lesson 8 «Fever» 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	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	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		fever				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A deliberate elevation of temperature by which the body combats infection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 elevation	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 elevation	amod
3	elevation	elevation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 infection	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 temperature	case
5	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 elevation	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 infection	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 combats	det
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 combats	compound
10	combats	combat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 infection	compound
11	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elevate			temperature					nom elevation «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A disease arising from prolonged exposure to warm weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 disease	det
2	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 disease	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 exposure	case
5	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 exposure	amod
6	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arising	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 warm	mark
8	warm	warm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 arising	advcl
9	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 warm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	arise	gerund	a disease not said here		prolonged exposure	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	prolong	participle				vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	warm	to-infinitive	a disease not said here	weather		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent weather=Patient

Option 3

An infection in its own right, independent of any organism

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 infection	det
2	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 right	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 right	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 right	amod
6	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 infection	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 independent	punct
8	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 right	amod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 organism	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 organism	det
11	organism	organism	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 independent	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A condition requiring immediate immersion of the patient in iced water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 condition	acl
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 immersion	amod
5	immersion	immersion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requiring	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 patient	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 patient	det
8	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 immersion	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	iced	ice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 water	amod
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requiring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	require	gerund	a condition not said here	immediate immersion of the patient	iced water	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme immersion=Precondition
2	ice	participle				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	immerse			the patient		nom immersion «event transitive»: of=patient

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