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title: Identify the action of a reliever inhaler. — Asthma and inhalers · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the action of a reliever inhaler. Exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Asthma and inhalers» 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.
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# Exam question 1 · Asthma and inhalers

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Identify the action of a reliever inhaler.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, reliever inhaler · **What happens:** identify, act · **To what, where:** action

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Asthma and inhalers» 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/14-asthma-and-inhalers/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:14-asthma-and-inhalers:e1:1
# text = Identify the action of a reliever inhaler.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	reliever	reliever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	inhaler	inhaler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the action of a reliever inhaler |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
| 2 | **act** |  | a reliever inhaler |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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It reduces airway inflammation gradually over several weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:14-asthma-and-inhalers:e1:o1:1
# text = It reduces airway inflammation gradually over several weeks
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	airway	airway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	inflammation	inflammation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	gradually	gradually	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present | It | airway inflammation |  |  | week | gradually *property* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer inflammation=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It relaxes the muscles of the airways within minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:14-asthma-and-inhalers:e1:o2:1
# text = It relaxes the muscles of the airways within minutes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relaxes	relax	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	airways	airway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relax** | present | It | the muscles of the airways |  |  | minute |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus muscle=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It induces sleep and thereby slows the breathing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:14-asthma-and-inhalers:e1:o3:1
# text = It induces sleep and thereby slows the breathing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	induces	induce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	breathing	breathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **induce** | present | It | sleep |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Patient |
| 2 | **slow** | present |  | the breathing |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent breathing=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It eliminates asthma permanently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:14-asthma-and-inhalers:e1:o4:1
# text = It eliminates asthma permanently
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eliminates	eliminate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	asthma	asthma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eliminate** | present | It | asthma |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asthma=Patient |

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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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