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title: Ascertain the most accurate characterisation of temporary clumsiness… — Growing and sport · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the most accurate characterisation of temporary clumsiness during a rapid growth spurt. Exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Growing and sport» 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 4 · Growing and sport

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Ascertain the most accurate characterisation of temporary clumsiness during a rapid growth spurt.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, characterise · **To what, where:** accurate characterisation, temporary clumsiness

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Growing and sport» 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/40-growing-and-sport/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the most accurate characterisation of temporary clumsiness during a rapid growth spurt.
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	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	temporary	temporary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	clumsiness	clumsiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	spurt	spurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	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 accurate characterisation of temporary clumsiness |  |  | during a rapid growth spurt |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic |
| 2 | **characterise** |  |  | temporary clumsiness |  |  |  |  | nom characterisation «communication 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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A permanent loss of sporting ability

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:e4:o1:1
# text = A permanent loss of sporting ability
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sporting	sport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sport** | gerund | a permanent loss *not said here* | ability |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A normal lag of muscle and balance behind bone growth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:e4:o2:1
# text = A normal lag of muscle and balance behind bone growth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lag	lag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lag** |  | muscle and balance behind bone growth |  |  |  |  |  | nom lag «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A consequence of excessive sleep during the growth spurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:e4:o3:1
# text = A consequence of excessive sleep during the growth spurt
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	spurt	spurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Evidence of a disorder of the brain or nerves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:e4:o4:1
# text = Evidence of a disorder of the brain or nerves
1	Evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	disorder	disorder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **evidence** |  |  | a disorder of the brain or nerves |  |  |  |  | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **disorder** |  |  | the brain or nerves |  |  |  |  | nom disorder «state 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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