--- title: It is given that a lateral flow test has returned a negative result.… — COVID and staying home · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a lateral flow test has returned a negative result. State the correct interpretation. 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State the correct interpretation. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, return · **To what, where:** It, lateral flow test This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a lateral flow test has returned a negative result. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e4:1 # text = It is given that a lateral flow test has returned a negative result. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 lateral lateral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 flow flow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 negative negative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **return** | present · perfect · passive | | a lateral flow test | | | | | vn reciprocate-112 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme result=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* State the correct interpretation. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e4:2 # text = State the correct interpretation. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 interpretation interpretation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The test has measured the bodily temperature only ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e4:o1:1 # text = The test has measured the bodily temperature only 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 measured measure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bodily bodily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 temperature temperature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | present · perfect · passive | | the test | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} An early infection may nonetheless be present ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e4:o2:1 # text = An early infection may nonetheless be present 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 infection infection NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 nonetheless nonetheless ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | a early infection | | | | | nonetheless, present *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Infection is excluded with complete certainty ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e4:o3:1 # text = Infection is excluded with complete certainty 1 Infection infection NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 excluded exclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 certainty certainty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exclude** | present · passive | | Infection | | | | with complete certainty | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The person is immune in perpetuity ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:12-covid-and-staying-home:e4:o4:1 # text = The person is immune in perpetuity 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 immune immune ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 perpetuity perpetuity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the person | | | perpetuity | | immune *property* | tree rules | **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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