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title: Identify the function of the hormone insulin. — A classmate with diabetes, and other l… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the function of the hormone insulin. Exam question 1 of lesson 16 «A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions» 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 · A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions

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Identify the function of the hormone insulin.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** function

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions» 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/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:e1:1
# text = Identify the function of the hormone insulin.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hormone	hormone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	insulin	insulin	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 function of the hormone insulin |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=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}

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It converts water into energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:e1:o1:1
# text = It converts water into energy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	converts	convert	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** | present | It | water |  |  |  | into energy *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent water=Patient into energy=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It enables glucose derived from food to enter the cells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:e1:o2:1
# text = It enables glucose derived from food to enter the cells
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	enables	enable	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	glucose	glucose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enable** | present | It | glucose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **derive** | participle |  | glucose *not said here* |  | food |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from food=Material |
| 3 | **enter** | to-infinitive |  | the cells |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cell=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It suppresses all sensation of hunger between the principal meals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:e1:o3:1
# text = It suppresses all sensation of hunger between the principal meals
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	suppresses	suppress	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	sensation	sensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	principal	principal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suppress** | present | It | all sensation of hunger between the principal meals |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensation=Patient |
| 2 | **sense** |  |  | hunger between the principal meals |  |  |  |  | nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It renders food sweeter to the taste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:e1:o4:1
# text = It renders food sweeter to the taste
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	sweeter	sweet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | It | food | the taste |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to taste=Recipient |

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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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