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title: Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning… — Soft words for hard things: illness, d… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of the term "adverse event" in medical records. Exam question 3 of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body

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Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of the term "adverse event" in medical records.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response · **What happens:** select, be, establish, mean · **To what, where:** response, term

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of the term "adverse event" in medical records.
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	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	adverse	adverse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 meaning of the term; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | the term |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication 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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A disagreement among the staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e3:o1:1
# text = A disagreement among the staff
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An unfavourable change in the weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e3:o2:1
# text = An unfavourable change in the weather
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unfavourable	unfavourable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Harm or injury caused by medical treatment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e3:o3:1
# text = Harm or injury caused by medical treatment
1	Harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | participle |  | Harm or injury *not said here* |  |  |  | by medical treatment | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A cancelled hospital appointment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e3:o4:1
# text = A cancelled hospital appointment
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	appointment	appointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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