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title: State the most common precipitant of asthma attacks in children. — Asthma and inhalers · tree and pragmatics
description: State the most common precipitant of asthma attacks in children. Exam question 4 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 4 · Asthma and inhalers

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State the most common precipitant of asthma attacks in children.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:14-asthma-and-inhalers:e4:1
# text = State the most common precipitant of asthma attacks in children.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	precipitant	precipitant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	asthma	asthma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	attacks	attack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Viral infections such as the common cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:14-asthma-and-inhalers:e4:o1:1
# text = Viral infections such as the common cold
1	Viral	viral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	infections	infection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Prolonged reading

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:14-asthma-and-inhalers:e4:o2:1
# text = Prolonged reading
1	Prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Consumption of vegetables at mealtimes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:14-asthma-and-inhalers:e4:o3:1
# text = Consumption of vegetables at mealtimes
1	Consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mealtimes	mealtime	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** |  |  | vegetables |  | mealtimes |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient at=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Drinking cold water rapidly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:14-asthma-and-inhalers:e4:o4:1
# text = Drinking cold water rapidly
1	Drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | gerund |  | cold water |  |  |  | rapidly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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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