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title: Select the first aid that is consistent with established Australian… — Snakes, spiders and scorpions · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the first aid that is consistent with established Australian guidance for a snake bite. Exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Exam question 4 · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

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Select the first aid that is consistent with established Australian guidance for a snake bite.

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

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» 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/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:e4:1
# text = Select the first aid that is consistent with established Australian guidance for a snake bite.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
10	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 first aid |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aid=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the first aid |  |  |  |  | with established Australian guidance for a snake bite; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A tight cord tied above the bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:e4:o1:1
# text = A tight cord tied above the bite
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | a tight cord *not said here* |  | the bite |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cutting of the wound and the sucking out of the venom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:e4:o2:1
# text = The cutting of the wound and the sucking out of the venom
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cutting	cutting	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	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sucking	suck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck out** | gerund |  | the venom |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent venom=Source |
| 2 | **cut** |  | the wound |  |  |  |  |  | nom cutting «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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A firm pressure bandage, the limb being kept still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:e4:o3:1
# text = A firm pressure bandage, the limb being kept still
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bandage	bandage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	limb	limb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund · passive |  | a firm pressure bandage |  |  | still |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Encouraging the person to walk to seek help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:e4:o4:1
# text = Encouraging the person to walk to seek help
1	Encouraging	encourage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encourage** | gerund |  | the person |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent person=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **walk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **seek** | to-infinitive | the person *not said here* | help |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme |

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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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