Exam question 3 · Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the law of organ donation in the United Kingdom.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, law

This is exam question 3 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	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 law	det
11	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 donation	case
13	organ	organ	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 donation	compound
14	donation	donation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 law	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 Kingdom	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Kingdom	det
17	United	United	PROPN	_	18 Kingdom	flat
18	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 donation	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 law of organ donation in the United Kingdom		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus law=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

Only children may register a decision to donate

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	4 register	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 register	aux
4	register	register	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 decision	det
6	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 register	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 donate	mark
8	donate	donate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 register	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	register	may	children	a decision					tree rules
2	donate	to-infinitive	children not said here						vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Donation is prohibited by law throughout the United Kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Donation	donation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	9 Kingdom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Kingdom	det
8	United	United	PROPN	_	9 Kingdom	flat
9	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	Donation			throughout the United Kingdom		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Adults are deemed willing to donate unless they have declined, and families are consulted

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deemed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deemed	aux:pass
3	deemed	deem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deemed	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 donate	mark
6	donate	donate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 willing	xcomp
7	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	10 declined	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 declined	nsubj
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 declined	aux
10	declined	decline	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 donate	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 consulted	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 consulted	cc
13	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 consulted	nsubj:pass
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 consulted	aux:pass
15	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 deemed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	deem	present · passive		Adults	willing property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute
2	donate	to-infinitive				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	decline a condition, not said to happen	present · perfect	Adults = adult			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	consult	present · passive		families		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Donation is compulsory for all persons without exception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Donation	donation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compulsory	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 compulsory	cop
3	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 persons	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 persons	det
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 compulsory	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 exception	case
8	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compulsory	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Donation					for all persons; without exception; compulsory property	tree rules

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