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title: State the period during which a child with chickenpox ought to remai… — Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lic… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the period during which a child with chickenpox ought to remain absent from school. Exam question 4 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; Mo
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# Exam question 4 · Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends

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State the period during which a child with chickenpox ought to remain absent from school.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** remain

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e4:1
# text = State the period during which a child with chickenpox ought to remain absent from school.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	chickenpox	chickenpox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | ought | a child with chickenpox |  |  |  | during the State period | absent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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For one day irrespective of the spots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e4:o1:1
# text = For one day irrespective of the spots
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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For no period whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e4:o2:1
# text = For no period whatsoever
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Until the first spot has appeared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e4:o3:1
# text = Until the first spot has appeared
1	Until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	appeared	appear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present · perfect | the first spot |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Until all the spots have crusted over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:e4:o4:1
# text = Until all the spots have crusted over
1	Until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	crusted	crust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crust over** | present · perfect | all spots |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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