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title: Identify the organism responsible for the condition commonly termed… — Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lic… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the organism responsible for the condition commonly termed ringworm. Exam question 2 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 option; Mova's choice 
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# Exam question 2 · Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends

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Identify the organism responsible for the condition commonly termed ringworm.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, condition · **What happens:** identify, term · **To what, where:** organism, ringworm

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e2:1
# text = Identify the organism responsible for the condition commonly termed ringworm.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	organism	organism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	termed	term	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	ringworm	ringworm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 organism |  |  |  | responsible *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent organism=Theme |
| 2 | **term** | past | the condition *not said here* | ringworm |  |  |  | commonly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ringworm=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A bacterium causing yellow crusts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e2:o1:1
# text = A bacterium causing yellow crusts
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bacterium	bacterium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crusts	crust	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | gerund | a bacterium | yellow crusts |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition crust=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A virus lying dormant in the nerves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e2:o2:1
# text = A virus lying dormant in the nerves
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	virus	virus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	dormant	dormant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund | a virus *not said here* |  |  | the nerves |  | dormant *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in nerve=Location |

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

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A fungus infecting the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e2:o3:1
# text = A fungus infecting the skin
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fungus	fungus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	infecting	infect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **infect** | gerund | a fungus *not said here* | the skin |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme skin=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A parasitic worm beneath the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e2:o4:1
# text = A parasitic worm beneath the skin
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	parasitic	parasitic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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