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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the abdominal pain termed a stitch. Exam question 2 of lesson 37 «Warming up, stitches and cramp» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 2 · Warming up, stitches and cramp

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the abdominal pain termed a stitch.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, response · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, term · **To what, where:** abdominal pain, stitch

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 37 «Warming up, stitches and cramp» 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/37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the abdominal pain termed a stitch.
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	13	nsubj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
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	12	det	_	_
11	abdominal	abdominal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	termed	term	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stitch	stitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 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 abdominal pain |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pain=Experiencer |
| 4 | **term** | past | the response | a stitch |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stitch=Theme |

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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 persists for several days in all instances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e2:o1:1
# text = It persists for several days in all instances
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	persists	persist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	instances	instance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persist** | present | It |  |  | all instances | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in instance=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is invariably caused by a deficiency of potassium in the diet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e2:o2:1
# text = It is invariably caused by a deficiency of potassium in the diet
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	potassium	potassium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | a deficiency of potassium | It |  | the diet |  | invariably *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It invariably denotes the rupture of an internal organ

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e2:o3:1
# text = It invariably denotes the rupture of an internal organ
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rupture	rupture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	internal	internal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	organ	organ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | the rupture of a internal organ |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rupture=Topic |
| 2 | **rupture** |  |  | a internal organ |  |  |  |  | nom rupture «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Its precise cause is unknown and it subsides upon slowing down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e2:o4:1
# text = Its precise cause is unknown and it subsides upon slowing down
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	subsides	subside	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	slowing	slow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Its precise cause |  |  |  |  | unknown *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **subside** | present | cause |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **slow down** | gerund | cause *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **cause** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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