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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Being in hospital, and a sick parent o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the transmission of cancer between persons. Exam question 1 of lesson 33 «Being in hospital, and a sick parent or grandparent» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · Being in hospital, and a sick parent or grandparent

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the transmission of cancer between persons.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, transmit · **To what, where:** response, transmission, cancer

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 33 «Being in hospital, and a sick parent or grandparent» 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/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the transmission of cancer between persons.
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	transmission	transmission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	between	between	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	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* | the transmission of cancer between persons |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus transmission=Experiencer |
| 4 | **transmit** |  |  | cancer between persons |  |  |  |  | nom transmission «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Cancer is not transmitted from one person to another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent:e1:o1:1
# text = Cancer is not transmitted from one person to another
1	Cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **transmit** | present · passive |  | Cancer |  | another |  | from one person | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from person=Initial\_Location to another=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cancer is transmitted by close physical contact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent:e1:o2:1
# text = Cancer is transmitted by close physical contact
1	Cancer	cancer	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	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | present · passive | close physical contact | Cancer |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cancer is transmitted through coughing or sneezing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent:e1:o3:1
# text = Cancer is transmitted through coughing or sneezing
1	Cancer	cancer	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	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	coughing	coughing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sneezing	sneezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | present · passive |  | Cancer |  | coughing or sneezing |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cancer is transmitted by the sharing of cups and cutlery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent:e1:o4:1
# text = Cancer is transmitted by the sharing of cups and cutlery
1	Cancer	cancer	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	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sharing	sharing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cutlery	cutlery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | present · passive | the sharing of cups and cutlery | Cancer |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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