Exam question 3 · Healthcare: who pays when you are ill

Select the response consistent with the established provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 in respect of persons already suffering from an illness.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, persons, Care Act · What happens: select, establish, suffer, provide, respect · To what, where: response, respect, illness, persons

This is exam question 3 of lesson 20 «Healthcare: who pays when you are ill» of the politics 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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 provisions	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 provisions	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 provisions	amod
8	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 Act	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Act	det
11	Affordable	Affordable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Care	compound
12	Care	Care	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Act	compound
13	Act	Act	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 provisions	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 2010	case
15	2010	2010	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 Act	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 respect	case
17	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 persons	case
19	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 respect	nmod
20	already	already	ADV	_	21 suffering	advmod
21	suffering	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 persons	acl
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 illness	case
23	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 illness	det
24	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 suffering	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	respect of persons	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	suffer	gerund	persons not said here		a illness	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	provide		the Care Act of 2010			nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent
5	respect			persons		nom respect «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice

Insurers are permitted to refuse cover to all such persons without explanation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Insurers	insurer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 refuse	mark
5	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 permitted	xcomp
6	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refuse	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 persons	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 persons	det
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 persons	amod
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 refuse	obl
11	without	without	ADP	_	12 explanation	case
12	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refuse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		Insurers					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	refuse not said to happen	to-infinitive		cover				to all such persons; without explanation	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Insurers are required to provide cover notwithstanding a pre-existing condition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Insurers	insurer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 provide	mark
5	provide	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 provide	obj
7	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 cover	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 condition	det
9	pre-existing	pre-existing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 condition	amod
10	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 notwithstanding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Insurers	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	provide	to-infinitive		cover	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition cover=Theme
3	notwithstand	gerund	cover not said here	a pre-existing condition	tree rules

Option 3

Such persons are excluded from all hospitals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 persons	amod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 excluded	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 excluded	aux:pass
4	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 hospitals	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 hospitals	det
7	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 excluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	present · passive		Such persons		all hospitals			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from hospital=Eventuality

Option 4

Such persons are obliged to pay double premiums

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 persons	amod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pay	mark
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obliged	xcomp
7	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 premiums	amod
8	premiums	premium	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		Such persons					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	pay	to-infinitive		double premiums					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent premium=Asset

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