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Exam question 3 · Colds, coughs and the weather

It is given that a febrile child is covered with numerous heavy blankets in order to "sweat out" the fever. Select the response consistent with established medical advice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, cover, sweat out, select, establish · To what, where: It, febrile child, fever, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 4 «Colds, coughs and the weather» of the myths 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 is covered with numerous heavy blankets in order to "sweat out" the fever.

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	_	9 covered	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	9 covered	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 covered	aux:pass
9	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 blankets	case
11	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 blankets	amod
12	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 blankets	amod
13	blankets	blanket	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 covered	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 order	case
15	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 covered	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	18 sweat	mark
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 sweat	punct
18	sweat	sweat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 covered	advcl
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 sweat	compound:prt
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 fever	punct
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 fever	det
22	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sweat	obl
23	.	.	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	cover	present · passive		a febrile child				with numerous heavy blankets; in order	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in order=Theme
3	sweat out in a quote	to-infinitive		the fever					vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Select the response consistent with established medical advice.

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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 advice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 advice	amod
7	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 advice	amod
8	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The child is to be immersed in iced water

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 immersed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 immersed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 immersed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 immersed	aux:pass
6	immersed	immerse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	iced	ice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 immersed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	immerse	present · passive		the child		iced water			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in water=Destination
2	ice	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Additional blankets are to be applied without delay to induce sweating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 blankets	amod
2	blankets	blanket	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 applied	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 applied	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 applied	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 applied	aux:pass
6	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 delay	case
8	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 applied	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 induce	mark
10	induce	induce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 applied	advcl
11	sweating	sweating	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 induce	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present · passive		Additional blankets				without delay	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	induce	to-infinitive		sweating					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweating=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Light coverings and adequate fluids are to be preferred

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 coverings	amod
2	coverings	covering	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 preferred	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 fluids	cc
4	adequate	adequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fluids	amod
5	fluids	fluid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 coverings	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 preferred	aux:pass
7	to	to	PART	_	9 preferred	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 preferred	aux:pass
9	preferred	prefer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present · passive		Light coverings and adequate fluids					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

All fluids are to be withheld until the fever subsides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 fluids	det
2	fluids	fluid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 withheld	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 withheld	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 withheld	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 withheld	aux:pass
6	withheld	withhold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 subsides	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fever	det
9	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 subsides	nsubj
10	subsides	subside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 withheld	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withhold	present · passive		all fluids					tree rules
2	subside	present	the fever						vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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