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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises conc… — Nosebleeds and bumps on the head · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises concussion? Exam question 2 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Nosebleeds and bumps on the head

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises concussion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** concussion

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises concussion?
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	concussion	concussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 |  | concussion |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 fracture invariably affecting the nasal bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:e2:o1:1
# text = A fracture invariably affecting the nasal bones
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fracture	fracture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	affecting	affect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	nasal	nasal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affect** | gerund | a fracture | the nasal bones |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bone=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An injury occurring only upon loss of consciousness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:e2:o2:1
# text = An injury occurring only upon loss of consciousness
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | gerund | a injury *not said here* | loss of consciousness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A disorder of the head caused exclusively by prolonged use of screens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:e2:o3:1
# text = A disorder of the head caused exclusively by prolonged use of screens
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disorder	disorder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | a disorder of the head |  |  |  |  | by prolonged use of screens; exclusively *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **disorder** |  |  | the head |  |  |  |  | nom disorder «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **use** |  |  | screens |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A cerebral injury which may occur without loss of consciousness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:e2:o4:1
# text = A cerebral injury which may occur without loss of consciousness
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cerebral	cerebral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | may | a cerebral injury |  |  |  |  | without loss of consciousness | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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