Database schema:

CREATE TABLE "Answer" (
	"AnswerText" TEXT -- example: ['44', '37'],
	"SurveyID" INTEGER -- example: ['2014', '2016'],
	"UserID" INTEGER -- example: ['2', '1'],
	"QuestionID" INTEGER -- example: ['2', '1'],
	PRIMARY KEY ("UserID", "QuestionID"), 
	CONSTRAINT fk_answer_question FOREIGN KEY("QuestionID") REFERENCES "Question" (questionid),
	CONSTRAINT fk_answer_survey FOREIGN KEY("SurveyID") REFERENCES "Survey" ("SurveyID")
)


CREATE TABLE "Question" (
	questiontext TEXT -- example: ['What is your age?', 'What is your gender?'],
	questionid INTEGER -- example: ['2', '1'],
	PRIMARY KEY (questionid)
)


CREATE TABLE "Survey" (
	"SurveyID" INTEGER -- example: ['2014', '2016'],
	"Description" TEXT -- example: ['mental health survey for 2014', 'mental health survey for 2016'],
	PRIMARY KEY ("SurveyID")
)

Question: How many users participated in the mental health survey for 2014?
Evidence: mental health survey for 2014 refers to SurveyID = 2014

SQL:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT T1.UserID) FROM Answer AS T1 INNER JOIN Survey AS T2 ON T1.SurveyID = T2.SurveyID WHERE T2.Description = 'mental health survey for 2014'