Exam question 4 · Fever

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the administration of aspirin.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, administer · To what, where: response, administration, aspirin

This is exam question 4 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	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	11 administration	det
11	administration	administration	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 aspirin	case
13	aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 administration	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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 administration of aspirin		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus administration=Experiencer
4	administer			aspirin		nom administration «act 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.

The options

Option 1

Aspirin may be given at an adult dose to any child of school age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 dose	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dose	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dose	compound
8	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 child	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 age	case
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 age	compound
14	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 child	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	may · passive		Aspirin	any child of school age	a adult dose			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme at dose=Asset to child=Recipient

Option 2

Aspirin is the preferred remedy for fever in children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remedy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 remedy	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 remedy	det
4	preferred	preferred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remedy	amod
5	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 fever	case
7	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remedy	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 children	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 remedy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Aspirin	the preferred remedy				for fever; in children	tree rules

Option 3

Aspirin is safer than paracetamol in childhood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safer	cop
3	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 paracetamol	case
5	paracetamol	paracetamol	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safer	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 childhood	case
7	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paracetamol	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Aspirin					than paracetamol in childhood; safe property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Aspirin is not to be given to children under the age of sixteen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 given	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 given	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 given	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 given	aux:pass
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 given	obl
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 age	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 age	det
11	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 sixteen	case
13	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present · passive		Aspirin			under the age of sixteen	to children; give property	tree rules

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