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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the oscillating saw employed for the removal of casts? Exam question 3 of lesson 2 «The cast: itching, signing and the saw» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 3 · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the oscillating saw employed for the removal of casts?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, oscillate, employ, remove · **To what, where:** casts

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «The cast: itching, signing and the saw» 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/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the oscillating saw employed for the removal of casts?
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	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	oscillating	oscillate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	casts	cast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	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 |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **oscillate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **employ** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for the removal of casts | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for removal=Eventuality |
| 5 | **remove** |  |  | casts |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Its blade vibrates rather than rotates and does not cut skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e3:o1:1
# text = Its blade vibrates rather than rotates and does not cut skin
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vibrates	vibrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	6	cc	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	rotates	rotate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vibrate** | present | Its blade |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **cut** | present · do-support | Its blade *not said here* | skin |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skin=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is employed only under general anaesthetic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e3:o2:1
# text = It is employed only under general anaesthetic
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	anaesthetic	anaesthetic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | It |  | general anaesthetic |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its blade rotates at very great speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e3:o3:1
# text = Its blade rotates at very great speed
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rotates	rotate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rotate** | present | Its blade |  |  | great speed |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It severs both plaster and skin indiscriminately

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e3:o4:1
# text = It severs both plaster and skin indiscriminately
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	severs	sever	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc:preconj	_	_
4	plaster	plaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	indiscriminately	indiscriminately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sever** | present | It | plaster and skin |  |  |  | indiscriminately *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plaster=Theme |

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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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