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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the use of vinegar in the treatment of a box jellyfish sting. Exam question 2 of lesson 166 «Australia's venomous animals and why few people die» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 2 · Australia's venomous animals and why few people die

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the use of vinegar in the treatment of a box jellyfish sting.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, use, treat · **To what, where:** response, use, vinegar, jellyfish sting

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 166 «Australia's venomous animals and why few people die» of the biology 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/biology/166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the use of vinegar in the treatment of a box jellyfish sting.
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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the use of vinegar in the treatment of a jellyfish sting |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer |
| 4 | **use** |  |  | vinegar in the treatment of a jellyfish sting |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **treat** |  |  | a jellyfish sting |  |  |  |  | nom treatment «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is applied solely to remove the odour of the sting from the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:e2:o1:1
# text = It is applied solely to remove the odour of the sting from the skin
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	remove	remove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	odour	odour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **remove** | to-infinitive |  | the odour of the sting |  | the skin |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent odour=Theme from skin=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is employed to drive the jellyfish away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:e2:o2:1
# text = It is employed to drive the jellyfish away
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **drive away** | to-infinitive |  | the jellyfish |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme jellyfish=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It prevents the discharge of stinging cells which have not yet fired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:e2:o3:1
# text = It prevents the discharge of stinging cells which have not yet fired
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	discharge	discharge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	amod	_	_
7	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present | It | the discharge of stinging cells |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer discharge=Theme |
| 2 | **sting** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **not** **fire** | present · perfect · passive |  | stinging cells |  |  | yet |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **discharge** |  |  | stinging cells |  |  |  |  | nom discharge «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It neutralises the venom already injected entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:e2:o4:1
# text = It neutralises the venom already injected entirely
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	neutralises	neutralis	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	already	already	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	injected	inject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neutralis** | present | It | the venom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **inject** | participle |  | the venom *not said here* |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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