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title: Whereas a public defibrillator is applied to a person in collapse, d… — Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a public defibrillator is applied to a person in collapse, determine the conduct of the device. Exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 4 · Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E

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Whereas a public defibrillator is applied to a person in collapse, determine the conduct of the device.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** apply, determine, conduct · **To what, where:** public defibrillator, conduct, device

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E» 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/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:e4:1
# text = Whereas a public defibrillator is applied to a person in collapse, determine the conduct of the device.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	defibrillator	defibrillator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	collapse	collapse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
13	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present · passive |  | a public defibrillator |  |  |  | to a person in collapse | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct of the device |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | the device |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «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 {#o1}

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It administers oxygen through the nose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:e4:o1:1
# text = It administers oxygen through the nose
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	administers	administer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | present | It | oxygen |  | the nose |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent oxygen=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It administers medicament intravenously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:e4:o2:1
# text = It administers medicament intravenously
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	administers	administer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	medicament	medicament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	intravenously	intravenously	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | present | It | medicament |  |  |  | intravenously *property* | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent medicament=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It administers a shock in every instance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:e4:o3:1
# text = It administers a shock in every instance
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	administers	administer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | present | It | a shock |  | every instance |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent shock=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It administers a shock only where the cardiac rhythm requires it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:e4:o4:1
# text = It administers a shock only where the cardiac rhythm requires it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	administers	administer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cardiac	cardiac	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | present | It | a shock |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent shock=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | present | the cardiac rhythm | shock |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition |

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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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