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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the transmission of head lice? Exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 1 · Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the transmission of head lice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, transmit · **To what, where:** transmission, head lice

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends» 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/11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the transmission of head lice?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	transmission	transmission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 |  | the transmission of head lice |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **transmit** |  |  | head lice |  |  |  |  | nom transmission «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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They are transmitted by direct contact between heads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e1:o1:1
# text = They are transmitted by direct contact between heads
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | present · passive | direct contact between heads | They |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are transmitted by leaping across considerable distances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e1:o2:1
# text = They are transmitted by leaping across considerable distances
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leaping	leap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	distances	distance	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** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **leap** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | across considerable distances | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across distance=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They arise from inadequate personal hygiene of the host

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e1:o3:1
# text = They arise from inadequate personal hygiene of the host
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arise	arise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hygiene	hygiene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | They |  |  | inadequate personal hygiene of the host |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are transmitted by flight between hosts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e1:o4:1
# text = They are transmitted by flight between hosts
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hosts	host	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | present · passive | flight between hosts | They |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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