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title: Identify the appropriate course of action upon finding a needle or s… — Bites, stings and things you find on t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the appropriate course of action upon finding a needle or syringe outdoors. Exam question 1 of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 1 · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground

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Identify the appropriate course of action upon finding a needle or syringe outdoors.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, find · **To what, where:** appropriate course, needle

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» 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/238-bites-and-things-you-find/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:e1:1
# text = Identify the appropriate course of action upon finding a needle or syringe outdoors.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	finding	find	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	syringe	syringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | gerund | you *not said here* | a needle or syringe |  |  |  | outdoors *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Topic |

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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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It is picked up with care and placed in the nearest bin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:e1:o1:1
# text = It is picked up with care and placed in the nearest bin
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with care | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **place** | participle |  |  |  | the nearest bin |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in bin=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is taken home in a pocket in order to show one's parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:e1:o2:1
# text = It is taken home in a pocket in order to show one's parents
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · passive |  | It |  | a pocket |  | in order; home *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in pocket=Location |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  | one's parents |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is kicked into the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:e1:o3:1
# text = It is kicked into the grass
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	kicked	kick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | into the grass *result* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into grass=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is not touched; the spot is marked and an adult told

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:e1:o4:1
# text = It is not touched; the spot is marked and an adult told
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **mark** | present · passive |  | the spot |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | a adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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