--- title: Identify the agent responsible for the disease designated COVID-19. — COVID and staying home · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the agent responsible for the disease designated COVID-19. Exam question 1 of lesson 12 «COVID and staying home» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/12-covid-and-staying-home/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [COVID and staying home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/12-covid-and-staying-home/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · COVID and staying home Identify the agent responsible for the disease designated COVID-19. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, disease · **What happens:** identify, designate · **To what, where:** agent, COVID This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «COVID and staying home» 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/12-covid-and-staying-home/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e1:1 # text = Identify the agent responsible for the disease designated COVID-19. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 agent agent 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 disease disease NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 COVID COVID PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 19 19 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the agent | | | | responsible *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme | | 2 | **designate** | participle | the disease *not said here* | COVID | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covid=Theme | 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} The coronavirus designated SARS-CoV-2 ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e1:o1:1 # text = The coronavirus designated SARS-CoV-2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coronavirus coronavirus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 SARS SARS PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 CoV CoV PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 flat _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **designate** | participle | the coronavirus *not said here* | SARS | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sars=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Exposure to cold weather ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e1:o2:1 # text = Exposure to cold weather 1 Exposure exposure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A bacterium transmitted through contaminated water ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e1:o3:1 # text = A bacterium transmitted through contaminated water 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bacterium bacterium NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 transmitted transmit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 contaminated contaminate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transmit** | participle | | a bacterium *not said here* | | contaminated water | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **contaminate** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} A fungus of the respiratory tract ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e1:o4:1 # text = A fungus of the respiratory tract 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fungus fungus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 respiratory respiratory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tract tract NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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