Exam question 4 · Sore throats, ears and eyes

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a small perforation of the eardrum consequent upon infection.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, small perforation

This is exam question 4 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 perforation	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 perforation	amod
12	perforation	perforation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 consequent	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 consequent	det
15	eardrum	eardrum	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consequent	compound
16	consequent	consequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 perforation	nmod
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 infection	case
18	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consequent	nmod
19	.	.	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	a small perforation of the eardrum consequent upon infection		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus perforation=Experiencer

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

Such perforations require the eardrum to be removed entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 perforations	amod
2	perforations	perforation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 require	nsubj
3	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eardrum	det
5	eardrum	eardrum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 require	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 removed	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 removed	aux:pass
8	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 require	advcl
9	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	8 removed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Such perforations	the eardrum					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eardrum=Precondition
2	remove	to-infinitive · passive	Such perforations not said here					entirely property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»

Option 2

Such perforations cause permanent and total deafness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 perforations	amod
2	perforations	perforation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cause	nsubj
3	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 deafness	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 total	cc
6	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 permanent	conj
7	deafness	deafness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	Such perforations	permanent deafness					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition deafness=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Such perforations usually heal spontaneously within weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 perforations	amod
2	perforations	perforation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heal	nsubj
3	usually	usually	ADV	_	4 heal	advmod
4	heal	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	spontaneously	spontaneously	ADV	_	4 heal	advmod
6	within	within	ADP	_	7 weeks	case
7	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present	Such perforations				week	spontaneously, usually property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Such perforations increase in size indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 perforations	amod
2	perforations	perforation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 increase	nsubj
3	increase	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 size	case
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 increase	obl
6	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	3 increase	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	Such perforations			size		indefinitely property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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