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description: Which of the following procedures constitutes the appropriate initial treatment of a minor abrasion sustained upon a playground surface? Exam question 1 of lesson 83 «Doctors, cuts and grazes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 1 · Doctors, cuts and grazes

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Which of the following procedures constitutes the appropriate initial treatment of a minor abrasion sustained upon a playground surface?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, constitute, sustain, treat · **To what, where:** appropriate initial treatment, minor abrasion

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 83 «Doctors, cuts and grazes» 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/83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes:e1:1
# text = Which of the following procedures constitutes the appropriate initial treatment of a minor abrasion sustained upon a playground surface?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
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	procedures	procedure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
6	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	initial	initial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	abrasion	abrasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **constitute** | present |  | the appropriate initial treatment of a minor abrasion |  |  |  | of the following procedures | tree rules |
| 3 | **sustain** | participle |  | a minor abrasion *not said here* |  |  |  | upon a playground surface | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **treat** |  |  | a minor abrasion |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Irrigation with clean water, firm pressure with a clean cloth, and the application of a plaster

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes:e1:o1:1
# text = Irrigation with clean water, firm pressure with a clean cloth, and the application of a plaster
1	Irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	plaster	plaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** |  | a plaster |  |  |  |  |  | nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vigorous scrubbing with soil so as to toughen the surrounding skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes:e1:o2:1
# text = Vigorous scrubbing with soil so as to toughen the surrounding skin
1	Vigorous	Vigorous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scrubbing	scrub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	toughen	toughen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	surrounding	surrounding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrub** | gerund | Vigorous |  |  |  |  | with soil | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **toughen** | to-infinitive | Vigorous *not said here* | the surrounding skin |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The application of butter, followed by exposure to the open air without a covering

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes:e1:o3:1
# text = The application of butter, followed by exposure to the open air without a covering
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:agent	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	covering	covering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | participle · passive | exposure | the application of butter |  | the open air |  | without a covering | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to air=Trajectory |
| 2 | **apply** |  | butter |  |  |  |  |  | nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The immediate removal of all loosened skin prior to any washing whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes:e1:o4:1
# text = The immediate removal of all loosened skin prior to any washing whatsoever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	loosened	loosen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **loosen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **remove** |  |  | all loosened skin |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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