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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate first treatment of a minor burn? Exam question 3 of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 3 · Going where you're not allowed

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate first treatment of a minor burn?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, treat · **To what, where:** appropriate first treatment, minor burn

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» 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/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate first treatment of a minor burn?
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	12	det	_	_
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	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 appropriate first treatment of a minor burn |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **treat** |  |  | a minor burn |  |  |  |  | nom treatment «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The burn ought to be left without treatment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:e3:o1:1
# text = The burn ought to be left without treatment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | ought · passive |  | the burn |  |  |  | without treatment | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ice ought to be applied directly for a prolonged period

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:e3:o2:1
# text = Ice ought to be applied directly for a prolonged period
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | ought · passive |  | Ice |  |  |  | for a prolonged period; directly *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for period=Eventuality |
| 2 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The burn ought to be covered with butter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:e3:o3:1
# text = The burn ought to be covered with butter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | ought · passive |  | the burn |  |  |  | with butter | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with butter=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The burn ought to be cooled beneath cool running water for approximately twenty minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:e3:o4:1
# text = The burn ought to be cooled beneath cool running water for approximately twenty minutes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	cooled	cool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	beneath	beneath	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | ought · passive |  | the burn |  |  | minute |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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