Exam question 1 · Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises organ donation?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: organ donation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 78 «Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood» 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	organ	organ	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 donation	compound
10	donation	donation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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		organ donation				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

The sale of organs to the highest bidder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sale	det
2	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 organs	case
4	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sale	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 bidder	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bidder	det
7	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 bidder	amod
8	bidder	bidder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 organs	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The preservation of organs in museums for display

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 preservation	det
2	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 organs	case
4	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 preservation	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 museums	case
6	museums	museum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 organs	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 display	case
8	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 museums	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve			organs in museums for display					nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient

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

The gift of healthy organs, usually after death, to persons in need of them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gift	det
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 organs	case
4	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 organs	amod
5	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gift	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 death	punct
7	usually	usually	ADV	_	9 death	advmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 death	case
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gift	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 persons	punct
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 persons	case
12	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gift	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 need	case
14	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 persons	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 need	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gift			healthy organs					nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient
2	need			persons = person					nom need «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The removal of organs from living persons without consent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 organs	case
4	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removal	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 persons	case
6	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 persons	amod
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 organs	nmod
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 consent	case
9	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			organs from living persons without consent					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

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