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description: Identify the principal reason for which chemotherapy frequently occasions the loss of hair. Exam question 2 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 and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · Being in hospital, and a sick parent or grandparent

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Identify the principal reason for which chemotherapy frequently occasions the loss of hair.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, chemotherapy · **What happens:** identify, occasion · **To what, where:** principal reason, loss

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which chemotherapy frequently occasions the loss of hair.
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	9	obl	_	_
7	chemotherapy	chemotherapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	occasions	occasion	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **occasion** | present | chemotherapy | the loss of hair |  |  |  | for the principal reason; frequently *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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It is administered by injection through the scalp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent:e2:o1:1
# text = It is administered by injection through the scalp
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	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	injection	injection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	scalp	scalp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | present · passive | injection | It |  | the scalp |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It indicates the failure of the treatment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent:e2:o2:1
# text = It indicates the failure of the treatment
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	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	failure	failure	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	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It | the failure of the treatment |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot failure=Topic |
| 2 | **fail** |  | the treatment |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It destroys rapidly dividing cells, including those of the hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent:e2:o3:1
# text = It destroys rapidly dividing cells, including those of the hair
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	destroys	destroy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	dividing	divide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	including	including	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | present | It | dividing cells |  |  |  | including those; rapidly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument cell=Patient |
| 2 | **divide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The disease itself consumes the roots of the hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent:e2:o4:1
# text = The disease itself consumes the roots of the hair
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
4	consumes	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | the disease  disease | the roots of the hair |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Asset |

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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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