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title: Whereas a febrile patient reports sensations of cold accompanied by… — Why we sleep when ill · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a febrile patient reports sensations of cold accompanied by shivering, determine the most accurate explanation. Exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Why we sleep when ill» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 2 · Why we sleep when ill

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Whereas a febrile patient reports sensations of cold accompanied by shivering, determine the most accurate explanation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** febrile patient, you · **What happens:** report, accompany, shiver, determine · **To what, where:** sensations, accurate explanation

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Why we sleep when ill» 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/31-why-we-sleep-when-ill/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:e2:1
# text = Whereas a febrile patient reports sensations of cold accompanied by shivering, determine the most accurate explanation.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	febrile	febrile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reports	report	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
6	sensations	sensation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	_
9	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	shivering	shiver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	16	advmod	_	_
16	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | present | a febrile patient | sensations of cold |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensation=Patient |
| 2 | **accompany** | participle |  | sensations of cold *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **shiver** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the accurate explanation |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Topic |

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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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The body temperature is rising towards a raised setting determined by the brain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:e2:o1:1
# text = The body temperature is rising towards a raised setting determined by the brain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	determined	determine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present · progressive | the body temperature |  |  | a raised setting |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards setting=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **raise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **determine** | participle |  | a raised setting *not said here* |  |  |  | by the brain | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The ambient temperature is excessively low

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:e2:o2:1
# text = The ambient temperature is excessively low
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ambient	ambient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the ambient temperature |  |  |  |  | excessively, low *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The patient is suffering from frostbite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:e2:o3:1
# text = The patient is suffering from frostbite
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	suffering	suffer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	frostbite	frostbite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | present · progressive | the patient |  |  | frostbite |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The body temperature is falling dangerously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:e2:o4:1
# text = The body temperature is falling dangerously
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	dangerously	dangerously	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present · progressive | the body temperature |  |  |  |  | dangerously *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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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