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description: It being given that a child experiences dizziness, headache and nausea upon a hot day, determine the most probable explanation. Exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 4 · Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals

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It being given that a child experiences dizziness, headache and nausea upon a hot day, determine the most probable explanation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** give, experience, determine · **To what, where:** It, dizziness, probable explanation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» 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/9-body-signals/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:e4:1
# text = It being given that a child experiences dizziness, headache and nausea upon a hot day, determine the most probable explanation.
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	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	experiences	experience	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	dizziness	dizziness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	headache	headache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nausea	nausea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	21	advmod	_	_
21	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **experience** | present | a child | dizziness and headache and nausea upon a hot day |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dizziness=Stimulus |
| 3 | **determine** | infinitive |  | the probable explanation |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=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 {#o1}

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The child has slept for too many hours the previous night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:e4:o1:1
# text = The child has slept for too many hours the previous night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	slept	sleep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	previous	previous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present · perfect · passive |  | the child |  |  | hour; night |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child has merely eaten too much breakfast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:e4:o2:1
# text = The child has merely eaten too much breakfast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · perfect · passive |  | the child |  |  |  | merely *property* | tree rules |

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

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The body may be becoming excessively hot, which could progress to heatstroke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:e4:o3:1
# text = The body may be becoming excessively hot, which could progress to heatstroke
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	heatstroke	heatstroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | may · progressive | the body |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **progress** | could |  |  |  |  |  | to heatstroke | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The child is simply bored and requires a game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:e4:o4:1
# text = The child is simply bored and requires a game
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the child |  |  |  |  | bored, simply *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | present | the child *not said here* | a game |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme game=Precondition |

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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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