Exam question 3 · Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the loss of hair during cancer treatment.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, loss

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 loss	det
11	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 hair	case
13	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loss	nmod
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 treatment	case
15	cancer	cancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 treatment	compound
16	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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	the loss of hair	during cancer treatment		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loss=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

It is caused by contact with other patients upon the hospital ward

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 contact	case
5	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 patients	case
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 patients	amod
8	patients	patient	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 ward	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ward	det
11	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ward	compound
12	ward	ward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	contact	It				with other patients; upon the hospital ward	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

Option 2

It is permanent in every instance and the hair never returns

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 permanent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permanent	cop
3	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 instance	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 instance	det
6	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permanent	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 returns	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hair	det
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 returns	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 returns	advmod
11	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permanent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			every instance		permanent property	tree rules
2	not return	present	the hair						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It is an effect of the treatment and the hair ordinarily regrows

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	4 effect	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 effect	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 treatment	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 treatment	det
7	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hair	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hair	det
10	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	conj
11	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	12 regrows	advmod
12	regrows	regrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 effect	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a effect and the hair				of the treatment	tree rules
2	regrow	present						ordinarily property	tree rules

Option 4

It signifies that the patient has been entirely cured of the disease

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	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 cured	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 patient	det
5	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cured	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cured	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 cured	aux:pass
8	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	9 cured	advmod
9	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 signifies	advcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 disease	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 disease	det
12	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	cure	present · perfect · passive		the patient				of the disease; entirely property	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source of disease=Theme

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