--- title: Whereas breathlessness during exertion is normal, ascertain which oc… — Heart and lungs when you run · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas breathlessness during exertion is normal, ascertain which occurrence requires an immediate call to the emergency services. Exam question 4 of lesson 36 «Heart and lungs when you run» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run/e4/) [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/) / [Heart and lungs when you run](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Heart and lungs when you run Whereas breathlessness during exertion is normal, ascertain which occurrence requires an immediate call to the emergency services. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** occurrence · **What happens:** be, ascertain, require · **To what, where:** immediate call This is exam question 4 of lesson 36 «Heart and lungs when you run» 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/36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:e4:1 # text = Whereas breathlessness during exertion is normal, ascertain which occurrence requires an immediate call to the emergency services. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 breathlessness breathlessness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 3 during during ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 exertion exertion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 ascertain ascertain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 10 det _ _ 10 occurrence occurrence NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 immediate immediate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 emergency emergency NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | whereas breathlessness during exertion; normal *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ascertain** | present | | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **require** | present | which occurrence | a immediate call | | | | to the emergency services | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme call=Precondition | 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} A reddened and perspiring face following a sprint ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:e4:o1:1 # text = A reddened and perspiring face following a sprint 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 reddened redden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 perspiring perspire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 5 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sprint sprint NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **redden** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **perspire** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exhale-40.1.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | a reddened face *not said here* | a sprint | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprint=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A collapse in which the person is not breathing normally ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:e4:o2:1 # text = A collapse in which the person is not breathing normally 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 collapse collapse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 breathing breathe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 normally normally ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **breathe** | present · progressive | a collapse in the person | | | | | normally *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Perspiration during a match ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:e4:o3:1 # text = Perspiration during a match 1 Perspiration perspiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 during during ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A rapid pulse at the conclusion of a race ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:e4:o4:1 # text = A rapid pulse at the conclusion of a race 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rapid rapid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 pulse pulse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conclude** | | | a race | | | | | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=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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