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title: State the effect of repeatedly licking chapped lips. — Eczema and other skin troubles · tree and pragmatics
description: State the effect of repeatedly licking chapped lips. Exam question 4 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 4 · Eczema and other skin troubles

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State the effect of repeatedly licking chapped lips.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State effect · **What happens:** lick, chap · **To what, where:** chapped lips

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:e4:1
# text = State the effect of repeatedly licking chapped lips.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	licking	lick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
7	chapped	chap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lick** | gerund | the State effect *not said here* | chapped lips |  |  |  | repeatedly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lip=Source |
| 2 | **chap** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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The chapping is entirely prevented by saliva

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:e4:o1:1
# text = The chapping is entirely prevented by saliva
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chapping	chapping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	saliva	saliva	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present · passive | saliva | the chapping |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The lips are protected from cold wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:e4:o2:1
# text = The lips are protected from cold wind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lips	lip	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	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present · passive | cold wind | the lips |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The lips are moisturised and healed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:e4:o3:1
# text = The lips are moisturised and healed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lips	lip	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	moisturised	moisturis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	healed	heal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moisturis** | present · passive |  | the lips |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **heal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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The chapping is aggravated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:e4:o4:1
# text = The chapping is aggravated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chapping	chapping	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	aggravated	aggravate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **aggravate** | present · passive |  | the chapping |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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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