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title: Whereas a person exposed to heat exhibits confusion and loss of cons… — Sunshine, vitamin D and water · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a person exposed to heat exhibits confusion and loss of consciousness, identify the appropriate course of action. Exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Sunshine, vitamin D and water» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 3 · Sunshine, vitamin D and water

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Whereas a person exposed to heat exhibits confusion and loss of consciousness, identify the appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** expose, heat, identify · **To what, where:** person, exhibits confusion, appropriate course

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Sunshine, vitamin D and water» 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/23-sunshine-vitamin-d-and-water/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:23-sunshine-vitamin-d-and-water:e3:1
# text = Whereas a person exposed to heat exhibits confusion and loss of consciousness, identify the appropriate course of action.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
4	exposed	expose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	heat	heat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
14	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expose** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **heat** | to-infinitive |  | exhibits confusion and loss of consciousness |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent confusion=Patient |
| 3 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  | whereas a person | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Summoning emergency services by telephoning 999

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:23-sunshine-vitamin-d-and-water:e3:o1:1
# text = Summoning emergency services by telephoning 999
1	Summoning	summon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	telephoning	telephone	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | gerund |  | emergency services |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Recipient |
| 2 | **telephone** *speech: other* | gerund |  | 999 |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Continued exposure until spontaneous recovery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:23-sunshine-vitamin-d-and-water:e3:o2:1
# text = Continued exposure until spontaneous recovery
1	Continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | participle |  | exposure |  |  | until spontaneous recovery |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent exposure=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Administration of a strong and caffeinated beverage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:23-sunshine-vitamin-d-and-water:e3:o3:1
# text = Administration of a strong and caffeinated beverage
1	Administration	administration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	caffeinated	caffeinated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	beverage	beverage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** |  |  | a strong beverage |  |  |  |  | nom administration «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Covering the person with heavy blankets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:23-sunshine-vitamin-d-and-water:e3:o4:1
# text = Covering the person with heavy blankets
1	Covering	cover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	blankets	blanket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | gerund |  |  | the person |  |  | with heavy blankets | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent person=Destination with blanket=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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