Exam question 3 · Sore throats, ears and eyes
It is given that a child's eyes are red and itching each spring. State the most probable cause.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eyes · What happens: give, be, itch · To what, where: It
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a child's eyes are red and itching each spring.
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 | _ | 10 red | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 child | case |
| 8 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 red | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 red | cop |
| 10 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 given | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 itching | cc |
| 12 | itching | itch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 red | conj |
| 13 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 spring | det |
| 14 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 itching | obj |
| 15 | . | . | 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 | is | present | a child's eyes | red property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | itch | gerund | a child's eyes not said here | spring | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=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 most probable cause.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cause | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cause | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 probable | advmod |
| 4 | probable | probable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cause | amod |
| 5 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cause | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Injury to the surface of the eyeball
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 surface | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 surface | det |
| 4 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Injury | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 eyeball | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 eyeball | det |
| 7 | eyeball | eyeball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surface | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Allergy to pollen, which is not contagious
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allergy | allergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 pollen | case |
| 3 | pollen | pollen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Allergy | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 contagious | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 contagious | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 contagious | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 contagious | advmod |
| 8 | contagious | contagious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Allergy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Allergy to pollen | contagious property | tree rules |
Option 3
Bacterial infection transmissible to others in class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bacterial | bacterial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 transmissible | amod |
| 2 | infection | infection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transmissible | compound |
| 3 | transmissible | transmissible | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 others | case |
| 5 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 transmissible | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 class | case |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 others | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Excessive viewing of screens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excessive | excessive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 viewing | amod |
| 2 | viewing | viewing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 screens | case |
| 4 | screens | screen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 viewing | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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