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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning nutrition during a short infectious illness. Exam question 3 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; Mova's c
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# Exam question 3 · Why we sleep when ill

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning nutrition during a short infectious illness.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, nutrition

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning nutrition during a short infectious illness.
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	nutrition	nutrition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	infectious	infectious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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* | nutrition |  |  | during a short infectious illness |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nutrition=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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Food intake should be doubled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:e3:o1:1
# text = Food intake should be doubled
1	Food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	intake	intake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	doubled	double	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | should · passive |  | Food intake |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A reduced intake of food is acceptable, provided adequate fluids are taken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:e3:o2:1
# text = A reduced intake of food is acceptable, provided adequate fluids are taken
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	intake	intake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
10	adequate	adequate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fluids	fluid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **is** | present | a reduced intake of food |  |  |  |  | acceptable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **provide** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 4 | **take** | present · passive |  | acceptable provided adequate fluids |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Full meals must be consumed without exception, in order to sustain the strength of the patient

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:e3:o3:1
# text = Full meals must be consumed without exception, in order to sustain the strength of the patient
1	Full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	fixed	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	sustain	sustain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | must · passive |  | Full meals |  |  |  | without exception | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **sustain** | to-infinitive |  | the strength of the patient |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent strength=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All fluids should be withheld

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:e3:o4:1
# text = All fluids should be withheld
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	fluids	fluid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	withheld	withhold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withhold** | should · passive |  | all fluids |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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