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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the green colouration of nasal mucus? Exam question 2 of lesson 364 «The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccups and poo» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 2 · The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccup…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the green colouration of nasal mucus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** green colouration

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 364 «The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccups and poo» 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/364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the green colouration of nasal mucus?
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	11	det	_	_
10	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	colouration	colouration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	nasal	nasal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	mucus	mucus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 green colouration of nasal mucus |  |  |  | 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 invariably indicates a bacterial infection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:e2:o1:1
# text = It invariably indicates a bacterial infection
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bacterial	bacterial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It | a bacterial infection |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot infection=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It derives from a substance within white blood cells and does not invariably indicate bacteria

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:e2:o2:1
# text = It derives from a substance within white blood cells and does not invariably indicate bacteria
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
15	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | It |  |  | a substance within white blood cells |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from substance=Material |
| 2 | **not** **indicate** | present · do-support |  | bacteria |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bacterium=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It indicates that the mucus has been retained for one week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:e2:o3:1
# text = It indicates that the mucus has been retained for one week
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mucus	mucus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 2 | **retain** | present · perfect · passive |  | the mucus |  |  | week |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It derives from the consumption of green vegetables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:e2:o4:1
# text = It derives from the consumption of green vegetables
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | It |  |  | the consumption of green vegetables |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from consumption=Material |
| 2 | **consume** |  |  | green vegetables |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act 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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