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# Exam question 4 · The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic

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Whereas the infusion pump of an intravenous drip emits an audible alarm, determine the most accurate characterisation of such alarm.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** infusion pump, you · **What happens:** emit, determine, characterise · **To what, where:** audible alarm, accurate characterisation, such alarm

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 28 «The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic» 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/28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:e4:1
# text = Whereas the infusion pump of an intravenous drip emits an audible alarm, determine the most accurate characterisation of such alarm.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	infusion	infusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pump	pump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	intravenous	intravenous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	drip	drip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	emits	emit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	audible	audible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
14	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	17	advmod	_	_
17	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emit** | present | the infusion pump of a intravenous drip | a audible alarm |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source alarm=Theme |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the accurate characterisation of such alarm |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic |
| 3 | **characterise** |  |  | such alarm |  |  |  |  | nom characterisation «communication 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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A signal that attention is required, not ordinarily indicative of danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:e4:o1:1
# text = A signal that attention is required, not ordinarily indicative of danger
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	det	_	_
4	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	indicative	indicative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | a signal |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A certain indication of grave danger to the life of the patient

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:e4:o2:1
# text = A certain indication of grave danger to the life of the patient
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** |  |  | grave danger to the life of the patient |  |  |  |  | nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A malfunction requiring the patient to remove the drip without delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:e4:o3:1
# text = A malfunction requiring the patient to remove the drip without delay
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	malfunction	malfunction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	remove	remove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	drip	drip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **remove** | to-infinitive |  | the drip |  |  |  | without delay | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drip=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A signal that the operation is about to commence in the theatre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:e4:o4:1
# text = A signal that the operation is about to commence in the theatre
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	operation	operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	commence	commence	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a signal |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **commence** | to-infinitive | a signal *not said here* |  |  | the theatre |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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