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title: Identify the recommended posture for the management of a nosebleed. — Nosebleeds and bumps on the head · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the recommended posture for the management of a nosebleed. Exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Nosebleeds and bumps on the head» 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 · Nosebleeds and bumps on the head

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Identify the recommended posture for the management of a nosebleed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, recommend, manage · **To what, where:** recommended posture, nosebleed

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Nosebleeds and bumps on the head» 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/5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:e1:1
# text = Identify the recommended posture for the management of a nosebleed.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	posture	posture	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	management	management	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	nosebleed	nosebleed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 recommended posture |  |  |  | for the management of a nosebleed | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent posture=Theme |
| 2 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **manage** |  |  | a nosebleed |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Seated, with the nose blown forcefully and repeatedly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:e1:o1:1
# text = Seated, with the nose blown forcefully and repeatedly
1	Seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	forcefully	forcefully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
9	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with the nose | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **blow** | participle |  | the nose *not said here* |  |  |  | forcefully, repeatedly *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Seated, leaning forward, with the soft part of the nose compressed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:e1:o2:1
# text = Seated, leaning forward, with the soft part of the nose compressed
1	Seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	leaning	lean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	compressed	compress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **lean** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the soft part of the nose; forward *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **compress** | participle |  | the nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Supine, with the head tilted backwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:e1:o3:1
# text = Supine, with the head tilted backwards
1	Supine	supine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	tilted	tilt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tilt** | participle |  | the head *not said here* |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Standing, with the head inverted below the heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:e1:o4:1
# text = Standing, with the head inverted below the heart
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	inverted	invert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	below	below	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the head | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **invert** | participle |  | the head *not said here* |  | the heart |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: 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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