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title: It is uncertain whether a child is experiencing anaphylaxis. Select… — Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens · tree and pragmatics
description: It is uncertain whether a child is experiencing anaphylaxis. Select the response consistent with current advice. Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens

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It is uncertain whether a child is experiencing anaphylaxis. Select the response consistent with current advice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** It, child, you · **What happens:** be, experience, select · **To what, where:** anaphylaxis, response

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is uncertain whether a child is experiencing anaphylaxis.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e3:1
# text = It is uncertain whether a child is experiencing anaphylaxis.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	uncertain	uncertain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	experiencing	experience	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	anaphylaxis	anaphylaxis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | uncertain *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **experience** | present · progressive | a child | anaphylaxis |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anaphylaxis=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with current advice.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with current advice.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	current	current	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Treatment is to be withheld pending certainty as to the diagnosis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e3:o1:1
# text = Treatment is to be withheld pending certainty as to the diagnosis
1	Treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	withheld	withhold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	pending	pend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	certainty	certainty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	diagnosis	diagnosis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withhold** | present · passive |  | Treatment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pend** | gerund |  | certainty |  |  |  | as the diagnosis | tree rules |

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

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Adrenaline is to be administered, this being safer than delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e3:o2:1
# text = Adrenaline is to be administered, this being safer than delay
1	Adrenaline	adrenaline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | present · passive |  | Adrenaline |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | this |  |  |  |  | than delay; safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The child is to be left to sleep undisturbed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e3:o3:1
# text = The child is to be left to sleep undisturbed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	undisturbed	undisturbed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | the child |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | undisturbed *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The child is to be offered food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e3:o4:1
# text = The child is to be offered food
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present · passive |  | the child |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal food=Theme |

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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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