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description: Ascertain the most accurate characterisation of muscular soreness arising one or two days after unaccustomed exercise. Exam question 4 of lesson 34 «Exercise and posture» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 4 · Exercise and posture

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Ascertain the most accurate characterisation of muscular soreness arising one or two days after unaccustomed exercise.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, muscular soreness · **What happens:** ascertain, arise, characterise · **To what, where:** accurate characterisation, muscular soreness

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 34 «Exercise and posture» 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/34-exercise-and-posture/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the most accurate characterisation of muscular soreness arising one or two days after unaccustomed exercise.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	muscular	muscular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	soreness	soreness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	arising	arise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	_
13	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	unaccustomed	unaccustomed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the accurate characterisation of muscular soreness |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic |
| 2 | **arise** | gerund | muscular soreness *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **characterise** |  |  | muscular soreness |  |  |  |  | nom characterisation «communication 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 {#o1}

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A certain indication of serious injury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:e4:o1:1
# text = A certain indication of serious injury
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** |  |  | serious injury |  |  |  |  | nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A symptom of an infectious disease of the muscles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:e4:o2:1
# text = A symptom of an infectious disease of the muscles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	symptom	symptom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	infectious	infectious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Evidence of fractured bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:e4:o3:1
# text = Evidence of fractured bone
1	Evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	fractured	fracture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fracture** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **evidence** |  |  | fractured bone |  |  |  |  | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A normal consequence of the muscles adapting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:e4:o4:1
# text = A normal consequence of the muscles adapting
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	adapting	adapt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adapt** | gerund | a normal consequence of the muscles *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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