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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an allergy? Exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an allergy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** allergy

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens» 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/13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an allergy?
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 |  | a allergy |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 form of food poisoning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e1:o1:1
# text = A form of food poisoning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	poisoning	poisoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** |  |  | food poisoning |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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An erroneous immune response to a substance which is ordinarily harmless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e1:o2:1
# text = An erroneous immune response to a substance which is ordinarily harmless
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	erroneous	erroneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	immune	immune	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a substance |  |  |  |  | harmless, ordinarily *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A mere dislike of a particular food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e1:o3:1
# text = A mere dislike of a particular food
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	mere	mere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dislike	dislike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dislike** |  |  | a particular food |  |  |  |  | nom dislike «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A contagious infection transmitted by sneezing between persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e1:o4:1
# text = A contagious infection transmitted by sneezing between persons
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	contagious	contagious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sneezing	sneeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | participle |  | a contagious infection *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sneeze** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | between persons | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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