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title: State the reason for which persons with severe allergies are advised… — Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens · tree and pragmatics
description: State the reason for which persons with severe allergies are advised to carry two auto-injectors. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens

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State the reason for which persons with severe allergies are advised to carry two auto-injectors.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** persons · **What happens:** advise, carry · **To what, where:** persons, two auto injectors

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e4:1
# text = State the reason for which persons with severe allergies are advised to carry two auto-injectors.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	allergies	allergy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	advised	advise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
15	auto	auto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	injectors	injector	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | which persons with severe allergies |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | which persons with severe allergies *not said here* | two auto injectors |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injector=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One device is to be kept as a souvenir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e4:o1:1
# text = One device is to be kept as a souvenir
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	device	device	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	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	souvenir	souvenir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | One device |  |  |  | as a souvenir | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The second is intended for a companion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e4:o2:1
# text = The second is intended for a companion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | present · passive |  | the second |  |  |  | for a companion | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A single dose may prove insufficient or a device may fail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e4:o3:1
# text = A single dose may prove insufficient or a device may fail
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dose	dose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	fail	fail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | may | a single dose |  |  |  |  | insufficient *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fail** | may | a device |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Two devices are required by the regulations governing school uniform

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:e4:o4:1
# text = Two devices are required by the regulations governing school uniform
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	regulations	regulation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
8	governing	govern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	uniform	uniform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | the regulations | Two devices |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |
| 2 | **govern** | gerund | the regulations *not said here* | school uniform |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent uniform=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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