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title: Identify the principal measure in the management of a child with gas… — Tummy bugs and tummy aches · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal measure in the management of a child with gastroenteritis. Exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Tummy bugs and tummy aches» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

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Identify the principal measure in the management of a child with gastroenteritis.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, manage · **To what, where:** principal measure, management, child

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Tummy bugs and tummy aches» of the medicine 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/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal measure in the management of a child with gastroenteritis.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	management	management	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	gastroenteritis	gastroenteritis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal measure |  | the management of a child with gastroenteritis |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent measure=Theme |
| 2 | **manage** |  |  | a child with gastroenteritis |  |  |  |  | nom management «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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Frequent small quantities of fluid to prevent dehydration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e1:o1:1
# text = Frequent small quantities of fluid to prevent dehydration
1	Frequent	frequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	quantities	quantity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fluid	fluid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
8	dehydration	dehydration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | dehydration |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer dehydration=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Administration of antibiotics at the earliest opportunity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e1:o2:1
# text = Administration of antibiotics at the earliest opportunity
1	Administration	administration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** |  |  | antibiotics at the earliest opportunity |  |  |  |  | nom administration «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Provision of fizzy drinks in quantity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e1:o3:1
# text = Provision of fizzy drinks in quantity
1	Provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** |  | fizzy drinks in quantity |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Abstention from all fluids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e1:o4:1
# text = Abstention from all fluids
1	Abstention	abstention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	fluids	fluid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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