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title: Identify the principal purpose of the administration of a general an… — Hospitals, operations and serious illn… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of the administration of a general anaesthetic prior to a surgical procedure. Exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Hospitals, operations and serious illness» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 2 · Hospitals, operations and serious illness

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Identify the principal purpose of the administration of a general anaesthetic prior to a surgical procedure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, administration · **What happens:** identify, purpose, administer · **To what, where:** principal purpose, general anaesthetic

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the administration of a general anaesthetic prior to a surgical procedure.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	administration	administration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	anaesthetic	anaesthetic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	surgical	surgical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose of the administration of a general anaesthetic |  |  |  | prior a surgical procedure | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the administration of a general anaesthetic |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **administer** |  |  | a general anaesthetic |  |  |  |  | nom administration «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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To cure the underlying illness without recourse to surgery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e2:o1:1
# text = To cure the underlying illness without recourse to surgery
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cure	cure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	underlying	underlying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	recourse	recourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	surgery	surgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | to-infinitive |  | the underlying illness |  |  |  | without recourse; to surgery | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To remove the necessity for any subsequent period of rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e2:o2:1
# text = To remove the necessity for any subsequent period of rest
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	necessity	necessity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | to-infinitive |  | the necessity |  |  |  | for any subsequent period of rest | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent necessity=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To ensure that the patient remains fully awake and alert throughout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e2:o3:1
# text = To ensure that the patient remains fully awake and alert throughout
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ensure	ensure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	patient	patient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	8	nsubj	_	_
7	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	alert	alert	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	throughout	throughout	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensure** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To induce a deep sleep such that the patient experiences no pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e2:o4:1
# text = To induce a deep sleep such that the patient experiences no pain
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	induce	induce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	advmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	experiences	experience	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **induce** | to-infinitive | the patient *not said here* | a deep sleep |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Patient |
| 2 | **experience** | present | the patient | no pain |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus |

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