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title: Identify the principal measure for the arrest of bleeding from a cut. — Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal measure for the arrest of bleeding from a cut. Exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters» 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 1 · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters

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Identify the principal measure for the arrest of bleeding from a cut.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, arrest · **What happens:** identify, bleed · **To what, where:** principal measure, cut

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters» 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/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal measure for the arrest of bleeding from a cut.
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	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	arrest	arrest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 measure |  |  |  | for the arrest | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent measure=Theme |
| 2 | **bleed** | gerund | the arrest *not said here* |  |  | a cut |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from cut=Source |

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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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Unimpeded bleeding until spontaneous cessation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e1:o1:1
# text = Unimpeded bleeding until spontaneous cessation
1	Unimpeded	unimpeded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bleeding	bleeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Repeated removal of the dressing to inspect the wound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e1:o2:1
# text = Repeated removal of the dressing to inspect the wound
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dressing	dressing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	inspect	inspect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **inspect** | to-infinitive |  | the wound |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Theme |
| 3 | **remove** |  |  | the dressing |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Application of hot water to the wound for some minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e1:o3:1
# text = Application of hot water to the wound for some minutes
1	Application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** |  | hot water |  |  |  |  | to the wound; for some minutes | nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent to=obl for=obl |

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

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Firm and sustained pressure applied with a clean cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e1:o4:1
# text = Firm and sustained pressure applied with a clean cloth
1	Firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **apply** | participle |  | Firm sustained pressure *not said here* |  |  |  | with a clean cloth | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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