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# Exam question 2 · First aid, medicine and the sun

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the administration of aspirin to children under sixteen?

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 210 «First aid, medicine and the sun» of the everyday 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/everyday/210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the administration of aspirin to children under sixteen?
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	administration	administration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
15	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 administration of aspirin |  |  |  | of the following statements; to children under sixteen; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **administer** |  |  | aspirin |  |  |  |  | nom administration «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 suitable for babies only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:e2:o1:1
# text = It is suitable for babies only
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	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for babies; suitable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It may be given in any quantity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:e2:o2:1
# text = It may be given in any quantity
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | may · passive |  | It |  | any quantity |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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It ought not to be given unless a doctor so directs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:e2:o3:1
# text = It ought not to be given unless a doctor so directs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	directs	direct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give** | ought · passive |  | It |  |  |  | unless a doctor | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **direct** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is the preferred remedy for fever in all young children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:e2:o4:1
# text = It is the preferred remedy for fever in all young children
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	preferred	preferred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the preferred remedy |  |  |  | for fever; in all young children | 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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