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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cleansing of a superficial graze. Exam question 4 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; M
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# Exam question 4 · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cleansing of a superficial graze.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, cleanse · **To what, where:** response, cleansing, superficial graze

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cleansing of a superficial graze.
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	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
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	11	det	_	_
11	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	superficial	superficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	graze	graze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	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* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 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 cleansing of a superficial graze |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cleansing=Experiencer |
| 4 | **cleanse** |  |  | a superficial graze |  |  |  |  | nom cleansing «act 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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The wound is to be kept entirely dry and unwashed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e4:o1:1
# text = The wound is to be kept entirely dry and unwashed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	unwashed	unwashed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | the wound |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grit is to be left in situ as protection against infection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e4:o2:1
# text = Grit is to be left in situ as protection against infection
1	Grit	grit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	situ	situ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	against	against	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | Grit |  | situ |  | as protection against infection | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in situ=Location |

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

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Irrigation with clean running water is the principal measure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e4:o3:1
# text = Irrigation with clean running water is the principal measure
1	Irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Irrigation with clean running water | the principal measure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Antiseptic causing stinging is indispensable to cleansing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:e4:o4:1
# text = Antiseptic causing stinging is indispensable to cleansing
1	Antiseptic	antiseptic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	stinging	stinging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	indispensable	indispensable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cleansing	cleanse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | present | Antiseptic causing stinging |  |  |  |  | indispensable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cleanse** | gerund | Antiseptic causing stinging *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn groom-41.1.2 «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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