Exam question 2 · Sore throats, ears and eyes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises earwax?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: earwax

This is exam question 2 of lesson 9 «Sore throats, ears and eyes» 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	earwax	earwax	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		earwax				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

A sign of infection of the middle ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 infection	case
4	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 ear	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ear	det
7	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ear	amod
8	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 infection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign			infection of the middle ear					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	infect			the middle ear					nom infection «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A substance to be removed daily with cotton buds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 removed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 removed	aux:pass
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 substance	acl
6	daily	daily	ADV	_	5 removed	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 buds	case
8	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 buds	compound
9	buds	bud	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	to-infinitive · passive						with cotton buds; daily property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»

Option 3

Accumulated dirt indicating poor hygiene of the ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Accumulated	accumulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dirt	amod
2	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	indicating	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dirt	acl
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hygiene	amod
5	hygiene	hygiene	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicating	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 ear	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ear	det
8	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hygiene	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accumulate	participle							vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	indicate	gerund	Accumulated dirt not said here	poor hygiene of the ear					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hygiene=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A secretion which cleans and protects the ear canal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 secretion	det
2	secretion	secretion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 protects	nsubj
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 cleans	nsubj
4	cleans	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 secretion	acl:relcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 cleans	cc
6	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 canal	det
8	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 canal	compound
9	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 protects	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	present	a secretion						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	protect	present	a secretion	the ear canal					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canal=Beneficiary

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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