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description: In the event that a person has ceased breathing, which of the following courses of action is required? Exam question 3 of lesson 20 «Going to the doctor and the chemist» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 3 · Going to the doctor and the chemist

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In the event that a person has ceased breathing, which of the following courses of action is required?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** cease, follow, require · **To what, where:** person, breathing, event

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 20 «Going to the doctor and the chemist» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:e3:1
# text = In the event that a person has ceased breathing, which of the following courses of action is required?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	ceased	cease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	advcl	_	_
9	breathing	breathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	courses	course	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present · perfect · passive |  | a person |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **require** | present · passive |  | breathing and the following courses of action |  | the event |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The booking of an appointment with the general practitioner for the following week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:e3:o1:1
# text = The booking of an appointment with the general practitioner for the following week
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	booking	booking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	appointment	appointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	practitioner	practitioner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **book** |  |  | a appointment with the general practitioner for the following week |  |  |  |  | nom booking «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The immediate summoning of the emergency services by telephone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:e3:o2:1
# text = The immediate summoning of the emergency services by telephone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	summoning	summoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** |  | telephone | the emergency services |  |  |  |  | nom summoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The awaiting of the person's spontaneous recovery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:e3:o3:1
# text = The awaiting of the person's spontaneous recovery
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	awaiting	awaiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recover** |  | the person |  |  |  |  |  | nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The collection of a repeat prescription from the pharmacy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:e3:o4:1
# text = The collection of a repeat prescription from the pharmacy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	repeat	repeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	prescription	prescription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pharmacy	pharmacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**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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