--- title: Whereas a patient has previously fainted during venepuncture, determ… — Needles and brave faces · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas a patient has previously fainted during venepuncture, determine the precaution customarily adopted. Exam question 3 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 choic --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Needles and brave faces Whereas a patient has previously fainted during venepuncture, determine the precaution customarily adopted. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** faint, determine, adopt · **To what, where:** patient, precaution This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e3:1 # text = Whereas a patient has previously fainted during venepuncture, determine the precaution customarily adopted. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 previously previously ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fainted faint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 7 during during ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 venepuncture venepuncture NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 10 determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 precaution precaution NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 customarily customarily ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 adopted adopt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **faint** | present · perfect · passive | | a patient | | | during venepuncture | previously *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the precaution | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precaution=Topic | | 3 | **adopt** | participle | | the precaution *not said here* | | | | customarily *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} The procedure is performed with the patient lying down ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e3:o1:1 # text = The procedure is performed with the patient lying down 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 procedure procedure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perform** | present · passive | | the procedure | | | | with the patient | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **lie down** | gerund | the patient *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Food is withheld for twenty-four hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e3:o2:1 # text = Food is withheld for twenty-four hours 1 Food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 withheld withhold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 conj _ _ 8 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **withhold** | present · passive | | Food | | | hour | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The procedure is performed with the patient standing upright ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e3:o3:1 # text = The procedure is performed with the patient standing upright 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 procedure procedure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 upright upright ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perform** | present · passive | | the procedure | | | | with the patient | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | the patient *not said here* | | | | | upright *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The procedure is abandoned permanently thereafter ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:e3:o4:1 # text = The procedure is abandoned permanently thereafter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 procedure procedure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 abandoned abandon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 permanently permanently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 thereafter thereafter ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abandon** | present · passive | | the procedure | | | | permanently, thereafter *property* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source | **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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