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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the risk of tetanus? Exam question 2 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 wrong
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# Exam question 2 · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the risk of tetanus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, risk · **To what, where:** risk, tetanus

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the risk of tetanus?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	tetanus	tetanus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the risk of tetanus |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **risk** |  |  | tetanus |  |  |  |  | nom risk «state 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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It arises from the sight of blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e2:o1:1
# text = It arises from the sight of blood
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | It |  |  | the sight of blood |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sight** |  |  | blood |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It arises exclusively from contact with rust upon old metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e2:o2:1
# text = It arises exclusively from contact with rust upon old metal
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rust	rust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | It |  |  | contact with rust |  | upon old metal; exclusively *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon metal=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It arises from soil-borne organisms entering deep or contaminated wounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e2:o3:1
# text = It arises from soil-borne organisms entering deep or contaminated wounds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	organisms	organism	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	contaminated	contaminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
12	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | It |  |  | borne organisms |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **enter** | gerund | borne organisms *not said here* | deep wounds |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wound=Destination |
| 4 | **contaminate** | participle | borne organisms *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It arises from the removal of stitches before the wound has closed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e2:o4:1
# text = It arises from the removal of stitches before the wound has closed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stitches	stitch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | It |  |  | the removal of stitches |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **close** | present · perfect · passive |  | the wound |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **remove** |  |  | stitches |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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