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description: In the event of a chemical substance entering the eye, which course of action is most consistent with established first-aid guidance? Exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Cleaning chemicals and safety at home» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 2 · Cleaning chemicals and safety at home

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In the event of a chemical substance entering the eye, which course of action is most consistent with established first-aid guidance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chemical substance · **What happens:** enter, be, establish · **To what, where:** eye, event, aid guidance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Cleaning chemicals and safety at home» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/25-cleaning-chemicals-safety/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:e2:1
# text = In the event of a chemical substance entering the eye, which course of action is most consistent with established first-aid guidance?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	13	det	_	_
13	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	18	advmod	_	_
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
19	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
21	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | gerund | a chemical substance *not said here* | the eye |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the event of a chemical substance |  | consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  | aid guidance |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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Closure of the eye pending spontaneous recovery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:e2:o1:1
# text = Closure of the eye pending spontaneous recovery
1	Closure	closure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	pending	pend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pend** | gerund | Closure of the eye *not said here* | spontaneous recovery |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **close** |  | the eye |  |  |  |  |  | nom closure «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Vigorous rubbing of the eye with a dry cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:e2:o2:1
# text = Vigorous rubbing of the eye with a dry cloth
1	Vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** |  |  | the eye |  |  |  | with a dry cloth | nom rubbing «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient with=obl |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Application of a household cleaner to neutralise the substance within the eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:e2:o3:1
# text = Application of a household cleaner to neutralise the substance within the eye
1	Application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	neutralise	neutralise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neutralise** | to-infinitive | Application of a household cleaner | the substance |  |  |  | within the eye | tree rules |
| 2 | **apply** |  | a household cleaner |  |  |  |  |  | nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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Copious rinsing with clean water and notification of an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:e2:o4:1
# text = Copious rinsing with clean water and notification of an adult
1	Copious	copious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rinsing	rinsing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	notification	notification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notify** |  |  | a adult |  |  |  |  | nom notification «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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