Exam question 3 · Fever
It is given that a febrile child presents a rash which does not fade under the pressure of a glass. State the appropriate course of action.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: febrile child, rash · What happens: give, present, not fade, press · To what, where: It, rash, pressure, glass
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a febrile child presents a rash which does not fade under the pressure of a glass.
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 | _ | 8 presents | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 6 | febrile | febrile | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 child | amod |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 presents | nsubj |
| 8 | presents | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 rash | det |
| 10 | rash | rash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 presents | obj |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 fade | nsubj |
| 12 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 fade | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 fade | advmod |
| 14 | fade | fade | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 rash | acl:relcl |
| 15 | under | under | ADP | _ | 17 pressure | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 pressure | det |
| 17 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fade | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 glass | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 glass | det |
| 20 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pressure | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | 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 | present | present | a febrile child | a rash | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rash=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not fade | present · do-support | a rash | the pressure of a glass | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | press | a glass | nom pressure «phenomenon transitive»: of=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: State the appropriate course of action.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 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 State | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 action | case |
| 6 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 course | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The rash is to be treated with moisturiser
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rash | det |
| 2 | rash | rash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 treated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 treated | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 treated | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 treated | aux:pass |
| 6 | treated | treat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 moisturiser | case |
| 8 | moisturiser | moisturiser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 treated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treat | present · passive | the rash | with moisturiser | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with moisturiser=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Emergency medical assistance is to be obtained immediately
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emergency | Emergency | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 assistance | compound |
| 2 | medical | medical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 assistance | amod |
| 3 | assistance | assistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtained | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 obtained | aux:pass |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 obtained | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 obtained | aux:pass |
| 7 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 7 obtained | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obtain | present · passive | Emergency medical assistance | immediately property | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
The child is to be observed at home until the following week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 observed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 observed | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 observed | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 observed | aux:pass |
| 6 | observed | observe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 home | case |
| 8 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 observed | obl |
| 9 | until | until | ADP | _ | 12 week | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 week | det |
| 11 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 week | amod |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 observed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | present · passive | the child | home | week | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The child is to be sent to school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sent | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 sent | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sent | aux:pass |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present · passive | the child | school | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to school=Destination |
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