--- title: Identify the principal reason for which deliberate slow exhalation m… — Needles and brave faces · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which deliberate slow exhalation may diminish the pain of an injection. Exam question 2 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 --- [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/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Needles and brave faces Identify the principal reason for which deliberate slow exhalation may diminish the pain of an injection. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, deliberate slow exhalation · **What happens:** identify, diminish, pain · **To what, where:** principal reason, pain, injection This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which deliberate slow exhalation may diminish the pain of an injection. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 7 deliberate deliberate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 exhalation exhalation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 diminish diminish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 injection injection NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **diminish** | may | deliberate slow exhalation | the pain of a injection | | | | for the principal reason | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer pain=Patient | | 3 | **pain** | | | a injection | | | | | nom pain «state 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It thickens the skin of the arm ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e2:o1:1 # text = It thickens the skin of the arm 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thickens thicken VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thicken** | present | It | the skin of the arm | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It numbs the arm by cooling the blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e2:o2:1 # text = It numbs the arm by cooling the blood 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 numbs numb VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 cooling cool VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **numb** | present | It | the arm | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus arm=Experiencer | | 2 | **cool** | gerund | | the blood | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It calms the bodily response to fear ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e2:o3:1 # text = It calms the bodily response to fear 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 calms calm VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bodily bodily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **calm** | present | It | the bodily response | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus response=Experiencer | | 2 | **fear** | to-infinitive | | the bodily response *not said here* | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} It reduces the volume of blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e2:o4:1 # text = It reduces the volume of blood 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reduces reduce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 volume volume NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | present | It | the volume of blood | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer volume=Patient | **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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