Exam question 1 · Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the transmissibility of leukaemia?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: transmissibility

This is exam question 1 of lesson 59 «Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill» of the religion ethics 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 transmissibility	det
10	transmissibility	transmissibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 leukaemia	case
12	leukaemia	leukaemia	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 transmissibility	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the transmissibility of leukaemia				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

It cannot be transmitted from one person to another

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	5 transmitted	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 transmitted	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 transmitted	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 transmitted	aux:pass
5	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 person	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 person	nummod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 transmitted	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 another	case
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 transmitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not transmit	can · passive		It		another		from one person	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from person=Initial_Location to another=Destination

Option 2

It is transmitted through the inhalation of air in a shared room

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 transmitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 inhalation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 inhalation	det
6	inhalation	inhalation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 air	case
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 inhalation	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 room	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 room	det
11	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 room	amod
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive	It	the inhalation of air	in a shared room	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	share	participle				tree rules
3	inhale		air			nom inhalation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is transmitted by the sharing of stationery and other school equipment

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 transmitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 sharing	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sharing	det
6	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 stationery	case
8	stationery	stationery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sharing	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 equipment	cc
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 equipment	amod
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 equipment	compound
12	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sharing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive	the sharing of stationery and other school equipment	It					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

It is transmitted by mere proximity to the patient in the classroom

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 transmitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 proximity	case
5	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 proximity	amod
6	proximity	proximity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 patient	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 patient	det
9	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 classroom	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 classroom	det
12	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 patient	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive	mere proximity	It		the patient in the classroom			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to patient=Destination

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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