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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning chemotherapy and the loss of hair. Exam question 3 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 e
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# Exam question 3 · Hospitals, operations and serious illness

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning chemotherapy and the loss of hair.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, chemotherapy

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning chemotherapy and the loss of hair.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	chemotherapy	chemotherapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | chemotherapy and the loss of hair |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus chemotherapy=Experiencer |

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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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Loss of hair signifies that the treatment has wholly failed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e3:o1:1
# text = Loss of hair signifies that the treatment has wholly failed
1	Loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | Loss of hair |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **fail** | present · perfect | the treatment |  |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The patient's hair is removed deliberately by hospital staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e3:o2:1
# text = The patient's hair is removed deliberately by hospital staff
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present · passive | hospital staff | the patient's hair |  |  |  | deliberately *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Loss of hair is caused by the cancer itself and is permanent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e3:o3:1
# text = Loss of hair is caused by the cancer itself and is permanent
1	Loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | the cancer  Loss | Loss of hair |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the cancer  Loss *not said here* |  |  |  |  | permanent *property* | tree rules |

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

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The treatment affects rapidly growing cells, and hair ordinarily regrows thereafter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:e3:o4:1
# text = The treatment affects rapidly growing cells, and hair ordinarily regrows thereafter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	affects	affect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
6	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	regrows	regrow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affect** | present | the treatment |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund | the treatment *not said here* | cells |  |  |  | rapidly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cell=Theme |
| 3 | **regrow** | present | hair |  |  |  |  | ordinarily, thereafter *property* | tree rules |

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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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