---
title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The cast: itching, signing and the saw · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the limb upon removal of a cast. Exam question 4 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 each option; Mova
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/e4/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [The cast: itching, signing and the saw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/) / e4

# Exam question 4 · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the limb upon removal of a cast.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, remove · **To what, where:** response, limb, cast

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the limb upon removal of a cast.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	limb	limb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the limb |  |  |  | upon removal of a cast | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus limb=Experiencer |
| 4 | **remove** |  |  | a cast |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Muscle wasting is temporary and resolves with normal use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e4:o1:1
# text = Muscle wasting is temporary and resolves with normal use
1	Muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	wasting	wasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	temporary	temporary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Muscle wasting |  |  |  |  | temporary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **resolve** | present | Muscle wasting *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with normal use | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Muscle wasting is permanent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e4:o2:1
# text = Muscle wasting is permanent
1	Muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	wasting	wasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Muscle wasting |  |  |  |  | permanent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bone has reached its full strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e4:o3:1
# text = The bone has reached its full strength
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | present · perfect · passive |  | the bone |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary strength=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The limb shall cease to grow thereafter for the remainder of life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e4:o4:1
# text = The limb shall cease to grow thereafter for the remainder of life
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	limb	limb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	remainder	remainder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | shall | the limb |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | the limb *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the remainder of life; thereafter *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [The cast: itching, signing and the saw, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/e3/)
- next →: [Sprains, strains and bruises, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/t1/)
- ↑ back to [The cast: itching, signing and the saw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/)