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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises ecze… — Eczema and other skin troubles · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises eczema? Exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Eczema and other skin troubles» 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 · Eczema and other skin troubles

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises eczema?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** eczema

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Eczema and other skin troubles» 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/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises eczema?
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	eczema	eczema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 |  | eczema |  |  |  | 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 contagious infection transmitted by touch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:e1:o1:1
# text = A contagious infection transmitted by touch
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	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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* |  |  |  | by touch | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An infection acquired by handling toads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:e1:o2:1
# text = An infection acquired by handling toads
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	handling	handle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | participle |  | a infection *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **handle** | gerund |  | toads |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A consequence of inadequate washing and poor hygiene

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:e1:o3:1
# text = A consequence of inadequate washing and poor hygiene
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hygiene	hygiene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A condition of impaired skin barrier, neither contagious nor caused by uncleanliness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:e1:o4:1
# text = A condition of impaired skin barrier, neither contagious nor caused by uncleanliness
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	impaired	impair	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	barrier	barrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	9	cc:preconj	_	_
9	contagious	contagious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	appos	_	_
10	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	11	cc	_	_
11	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	uncleanliness	uncleanliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impair** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **cause** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by uncleanliness | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **condition** |  |  | impaired skin barrier |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=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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