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description: It is stipulated that a child remain absent from school for forty-eight hours following the last episode of vomiting. State the reason. Exam question 2 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 a
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# Exam question 2 · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

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It is stipulated that a child remain absent from school for forty-eight hours following the last episode of vomiting. State the reason.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child, forty hours · **What happens:** stipulate, remain, follow · **To what, where:** It, school, last episode

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is stipulated that a child remain absent from school for forty-eight hours following the last episode of vomiting.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e2:1
# text = It is stipulated that a child remain absent from school for forty-eight hours following the last episode of vomiting.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	stipulated	stipulate	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	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	conj	_	_
15	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
16	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	episode	episode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	vomiting	vomiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stipulate** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | present | a child |  |  | school | hour | absent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | forty hours *not said here* | the last episode of vomiting |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent episode=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* State the reason.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e2:2
# text = State the reason.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The child may yet transmit the infection to others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e2:o1:1
# text = The child may yet transmit the infection to others
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	transmit	transmit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | may | the child | the infection |  | others | yet |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent infection=Theme to other=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The school must be cleaned for two days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e2:o2:1
# text = The school must be cleaned for two days
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cleaned	clean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | must · passive |  | the school |  |  | day |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is an arbitrary disciplinary measure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e2:o3:1
# text = It is an arbitrary disciplinary measure
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	arbitrary	arbitrary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	disciplinary	disciplinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a arbitrary disciplinary measure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The child requires additional sleep after the night's illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e2:o4:1
# text = The child requires additional sleep after the night's illness
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | the child | additional sleep |  |  | after the night's illness |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sleep=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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