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description: Identify the principle governing the management of a suspected concussion in grassroots sport within the United Kingdom. Exam question 1 of lesson 47 «A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out

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Identify the principle governing the management of a suspected concussion in grassroots sport within the United Kingdom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principle · **What happens:** identify, govern, suspect, manage · **To what, where:** principle, management, suspected concussion

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 47 «A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out» 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/47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:e1:1
# text = Identify the principle governing the management of a suspected concussion in grassroots sport within the United Kingdom.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	governing	govern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	management	management	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	suspected	suspect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	concussion	concussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	grassroots	grassroot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	compound	_	_
13	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	17	flat	_	_
17	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 principle |  |  |  | within the United Kingdom | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent principle=Theme |
| 2 | **govern** | gerund | the principle *not said here* | the management of a suspected concussion in grassroots sport |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent management=Theme |
| 3 | **suspect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **manage** |  |  | a suspected concussion in grassroots sport |  |  |  |  | nom management «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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If in doubt, the participant is to continue play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:e1:o1:1
# text = If in doubt, the participant is to continue play
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	continue	continue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the participant |  |  |  |  | continue *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The participant is to be removed for five minutes only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:e1:o2:1
# text = The participant is to be removed for five minutes only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	participant	participant	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	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present · passive |  | the participant |  |  | minute |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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If in doubt, the participant is to be removed from play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:e1:o3:1
# text = If in doubt, the participant is to be removed from play
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present · passive |  | the participant |  | doubt |  | from play | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from play=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The participant is to be removed only upon loss of consciousness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:e1:o4:1
# text = The participant is to be removed only upon loss of consciousness
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	participant	participant	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	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present · passive |  | the participant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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