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title: Ascertain the most appropriate response to a cramp arising in the ca… — Warming up, stitches and cramp · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the most appropriate response to a cramp arising in the calf muscle. Exam question 3 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 choice was right.
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# Exam question 3 · Warming up, stitches and cramp

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Ascertain the most appropriate response to a cramp arising in the calf muscle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, cramp · **What happens:** ascertain, arise · **To what, where:** appropriate response, calf muscle

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the most appropriate response to a cramp arising in the calf muscle.
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	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	arising	arise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 appropriate response |  |  |  | to a cramp | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 2 | **arise** | gerund | a cramp *not said here* |  |  | the calf muscle |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in muscle=Location |

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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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A sudden and forceful jerk of the affected limb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e3:o1:1
# text = A sudden and forceful jerk of the affected limb
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	forceful	forceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	jerk	jerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	affected	affect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	limb	limb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The immediate consumption of three bananas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e3:o2:1
# text = The immediate consumption of three bananas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** |  |  | three bananas |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A slow and steady stretch, drawing the toes towards the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e3:o3:1
# text = A slow and steady stretch, drawing the toes towards the body
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	stretch	stretch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | gerund | a slow stretch *not said here* | the toes |  | the body |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent toe=Theme towards body=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Complete abstention from movement for a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e3:o4:1
# text = Complete abstention from movement for a week
1	Complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	abstention	abstention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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