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# Exam question 1 · Hospitals, operations and serious illness

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the order in which patients are attended to in an Accident and Emergency department?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, attend · **To what, where:** order, patients

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «Hospitals, operations and serious illness» 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/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the order in which patients are attended to in an Accident and Emergency department?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
13	patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	attended	attend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	Emergency	Emergency	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	department	department	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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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 | **characteris** | present |  | the order |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **attend** | present · passive |  | patients |  | the order |  | to a Accident and Emergency department | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Goal |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Patients residing nearest the hospital are accorded priority

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e1:o1:1
# text = Patients residing nearest the hospital are accorded priority
1	Patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	residing	reside	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	nearest	nearest	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	accorded	accord	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	priority	priority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | gerund | Patients *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nearest the hospital | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **accord** | present · passive |  | Patients |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal priority=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Patients are seen strictly in the order in which they arrived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e1:o2:1
# text = Patients are seen strictly in the order in which they arrived
1	Patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	strictly	strictly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · passive |  | Patients |  | the order |  | strictly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **arrive** | past | Patients *= patient* |  |  | the order |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Patients of advanced age are invariably seen before all others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e1:o3:1
# text = Patients of advanced age are invariably seen before all others
1	Patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	advanced	advanced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · passive |  | Patients of advanced age |  |  | before all others | invariably *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Patients are seen in order of clinical urgency, not order of arrival

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e1:o4:1
# text = Patients are seen in order of clinical urgency, not order of arrival
1	Patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	clinical	clinical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	urgency	urgency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · passive |  | Patients |  | order of clinical urgency |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **order** |  |  | clinical urgency |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **order** |  |  | arrival |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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