Exam question 4 · Healthcare: who pays when you are ill

Whereas prescriptions in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are dispensed without charge, determine the arrangement which applies to most adults in England.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, arrangement · What happens: dispense, determine, apply · To what, where: prescriptions, arrangement

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	11 dispensed	mark
2	prescriptions	prescription	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 dispensed	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Wales	case
4	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prescriptions	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Scotland	punct
6	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Wales	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Ireland	cc
8	Northern	Northern	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Ireland	flat
9	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Wales	conj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dispensed	aux:pass
11	dispensed	dispense	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 determine	advcl
12	without	without	ADP	_	13 charge	case
13	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dispensed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dispensed	punct
15	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 arrangement	det
17	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 determine	obj
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 applies	nsubj
19	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 arrangement	acl:relcl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 adults	case
21	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	22 adults	amod
22	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 applies	obl
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 England	case
24	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 adults	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dispense	present · passive		prescriptions in Wales and Scotland and Northern Ireland	without charge	tree rules
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the arrangement		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Topic
3	apply	present	the arrangement		to most adults in England	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: 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.

The options

Option 1

Prescriptions are unavailable in England

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prescriptions	prescription	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unavailable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unavailable	cop
3	unavailable	unavailable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 England	case
5	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 unavailable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Prescriptions			England		unavailable property	tree rules

Option 2

Only children in England are required to pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 children	advmod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 required	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 England	case
4	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 children	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 required	aux:pass
6	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 pay	mark
8	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 required	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		children in England					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	pay	to-infinitive							vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Most adults pay a fixed charge, whereas children and certain other groups are exempt

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 adults	amod
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pay	nsubj
3	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 charge	det
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 charge	amod
6	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pay	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 children	punct
8	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	9 children	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 exempt	nsubj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 groups	cc
11	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 groups	amod
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 groups	amod
13	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 children	conj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 exempt	cop
15	exempt	exempt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pay	present	Most adults	a fixed charge		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Asset
2	fix	participle				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	children and certain other groups		exempt property	tree rules

Option 4

All persons in England receive prescriptions without charge, irrespective of age or circumstance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 persons	det
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 receive	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 England	case
4	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 persons	nmod
5	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	prescriptions	prescription	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 receive	obj
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 charge	case
8	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 receive	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 age	punct
10	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	12 age	advmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 age	case
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 receive	parataxis
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 circumstance	cc
14	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 age	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	all persons in England	prescriptions				without charge	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prescription=Theme

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