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title: Determine the appropriate course of action whereas blood is observed… — Eyes, nose and using the toilet · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the appropriate course of action whereas blood is observed in a child's urine or stools. Exam question 4 of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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
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# Exam question 4 · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

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Determine the appropriate course of action whereas blood is observed in a child's urine or stools.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, observe · **To what, where:** appropriate course, blood, urine

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e4:1
# text = Determine the appropriate course of action whereas blood is observed in a child's urine or stools.
1	Determine	determine	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	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	urine	urine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	stools	stool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **observe** | present · passive |  | blood |  | a child's urine or stools |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Drink less water until it disappears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e4:o1:1
# text = Drink less water until it disappears
1	Drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	disappears	disappear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | imperative | you *not said here* | less water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **disappear** | present | water |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Inform a parent, as a doctor must examine it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e4:o2:1
# text = Inform a parent, as a doctor must examine it
1	Inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	examine	examine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a parent |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **examine** | must | a doctor | parent |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Disregard it, as it always resolves unaided

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e4:o3:1
# text = Disregard it, as it always resolves unaided
1	Disregard	disregard	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	unaided	unaided	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disregard** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **resolve** | present | it |  |  |  |  | always, unaided *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Conceal it, since it is a cause for shame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e4:o4:1
# text = Conceal it, since it is a cause for shame
1	Conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	since	since	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | since a cause | for shame | 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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