--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Needles and brave faces · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the fear of needles. Exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/32-needles-and-brave-faces/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Needles and brave faces](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/32-needles-and-brave-faces/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Needles and brave faces Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the fear of needles. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, fear · **To what, where:** response, fear, needles This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» 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/32-needles-and-brave-faces/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e1:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the fear of needles. 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 needles needle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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* | the fear of needles | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fear=Experiencer | | 4 | **fear** | | | needles | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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} It is indicative of a disorder of the blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e1:o1:1 # text = It is indicative of a disorder of the blood 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 indicative indicative NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 disorder disorder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | indicative | | | | of a disorder of the blood | tree rules | | 2 | **disorder** | | | the blood | | | | | nom disorder «state transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is common amongst both children and adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e1:o2:1 # text = It is common amongst both children and adults 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 both both CCONJ CC _ 6 cc:preconj _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | amongst children and adults; common *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is confined to infants and young children ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e1:o3:1 # text = It is confined to infants and young children 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 confined confine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 infants infant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confine** | present · passive | | It | infants and young children | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to infant=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is unknown amongst adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e1:o4:1 # text = It is unknown amongst adults 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | amongst adults; unknown *property* | tree rules | **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. 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