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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the history of smallpox? Exam question 3 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 3 · The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the history of smallpox?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** history

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» 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/258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the history of smallpox?
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	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 history of smallpox |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 was eradicated by antibiotics in 1928, shortly after their discovery by Fleming in London

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:e3:o1:1
# text = It was eradicated by antibiotics in 1928, shortly after their discovery by Fleming in London
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	eradicated	eradicate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1928	1928	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	shortly	shortly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Fleming	Fleming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eradicate** | past · passive | antibiotics | It |  | 1928 | after antibiotics's discovery | by Fleming in London; shortly *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **discover** |  | antibiotics *= antibiotic* |  |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It remains the most common illness of the present day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:e3:o2:1
# text = It remains the most common illness of the present day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | It | the common illness of the present day |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme illness=Attribute |

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

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Following the first vaccine of 1796, the disease was declared eradicated throughout the world in 1980

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:e3:o3:1
# text = Following the first vaccine of 1796, the disease was declared eradicated throughout the world in 1980
1	Following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1796	1796	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	declared	declare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	eradicated	eradicate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	xcomp	_	_
13	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	1980	1980	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	obl	_	_
```

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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 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | the disease |  |  |  | follow the first vaccine of 1796 | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **eradicate** | participle |  |  |  | 1980 | throughout the world |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is identical with the common cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:e3:o4:1
# text = It is identical with the common cold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | with the common cold; identical *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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