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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises appendicitis? Exam question 3 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 3 · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises appendicitis?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** appendicitis

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises appendicitis?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
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	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	appendicitis	appendicitis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **characteris** | present |  | appendicitis |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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A form of food poisoning confined to the lower left abdomen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e3:o1:1
# text = A form of food poisoning confined to the lower left abdomen
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	poisoning	poisoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	lower	low	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | participle |  | a form of food poisoning *not said here* |  | the left abdomen |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to abdomen=Destination |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | food poisoning |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A consequence of the consumption of sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e3:o2:1
# text = A consequence of the consumption of sweets
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** |  |  | sweets |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Inflammation of the appendix, with pain moving to the lower right abdomen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e3:o3:1
# text = Inflammation of the appendix, with pain moving to the lower right abdomen
1	Inflammation	inflammation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	appendix	appendix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund | pain *not said here* |  |  | the lower right abdomen |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to abdomen=Trajectory |
| 2 | **inflame** |  |  | the appendix |  |  |  |  | nom inflammation «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A disorder caused by worry alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:e3:o4:1
# text = A disorder caused by worry alone
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disorder	disorder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | participle |  | a disorder *not said here* |  |  |  | by worry; alone *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=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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