--- title: Ascertain the individual credited with the observation, in 1928, of… — Antibiotics, viruses and side effects · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the individual credited with the observation, in 1928, of the antibacterial action of a mould. Exam question 4 of lesson 19 «Antibiotics, viruses and side effects» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Antibiotics, viruses and side effects](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Antibiotics, viruses and side effects Ascertain the individual credited with the observation, in 1928, of the antibacterial action of a mould. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, mould · **What happens:** ascertain, credit, act · **To what, where:** individual, 1928 This is exam question 4 of lesson 19 «Antibiotics, viruses and side effects» 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/19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the individual credited with the observation, in 1928, of the antibacterial action of a mould. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 individual individual NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 credited credit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 observation observation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 1928 1928 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 antibacterial antibacterial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 mould mould NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the individual | | 1928 | | of the antibacterial action of a mould | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent individual=Topic | | 2 | **credit** | participle | | the individual *not said here* | | | | with the observation | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with observation=Theme | | 3 | **act** | | a mould | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Alexander Fleming ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:e4:o1:1 # text = Alexander Fleming 1 Alexander Alexander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Fleming Fleming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Edward Jenner ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:e4:o2:1 # text = Edward Jenner 1 Edward Edward PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Jenner Jenner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Louis Pasteur ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:e4:o3:1 # text = Louis Pasteur 1 Louis Louis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Pasteur Pasteur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Joseph Lister ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:e4:o4:1 # text = Joseph Lister 1 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Lister Lister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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