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title: It being given that swelling of the face or throat and difficulty in… — Bees, wasps and stings · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that swelling of the face or throat and difficulty in breathing follow a sting, select the most accurate characterisation of the situation. Exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Bees, wasps and stings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 3 · Bees, wasps and stings

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It being given that swelling of the face or throat and difficulty in breathing follow a sting, select the most accurate characterisation of the situation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** difficulty, face · **What happens:** give, breathe, follow, select, swell, characterise · **To what, where:** It, sting, accurate characterisation, situation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Bees, wasps and stings» 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/24-bees-and-wasps/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:e3:1
# text = It being given that swelling of the face or throat and difficulty in breathing follow a sting, select the most accurate characterisation of the situation.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	swelling	swelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
15	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	22	advmod	_	_
22	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient swelling=Theme |
| 2 | **breathe** | gerund | difficulty *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | infinitive | difficulty *not said here* | a sting |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sting=Theme |
| 4 | **select** | infinitive | difficulty *not said here* | the accurate characterisation of the situation |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Theme |
| 5 | **swell** |  | the face or throat and difficulty |  |  |  |  |  | nom swelling «state intransitive»: of=agent |
| 6 | **characterise** |  |  | the situation |  |  |  |  | nom characterisation «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It constitutes a medical emergency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:e3:o1:1
# text = It constitutes a medical emergency
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a medical emergency |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme emergency=Pivot |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It indicates only that the sting was painful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:e3:o2:1
# text = It indicates only that the sting was painful
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	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	painful	painful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **is** | past | the sting |  |  |  |  | painful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is an ordinary reaction requiring no attention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:e3:o3:1
# text = It is an ordinary reaction requiring no attention
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a ordinary reaction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | gerund | a ordinary reaction *not said here* | no attention |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It may be treated by rest alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:e3:o4:1
# text = It may be treated by rest alone
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	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | may · passive | rest | It |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

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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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