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title: Ascertain the course of action appropriate where a child experiences… — Energy drinks: why they're not for kids · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the course of action appropriate where a child experiences palpitations accompanied by faintness following consumption of an energy drink during play. Exam question 4 of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 4 · Energy drinks: why they're not for kids

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Ascertain the course of action appropriate where a child experiences palpitations accompanied by faintness following consumption of an energy drink during play.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, course, child · **What happens:** ascertain, appropriate, experience, accompany, follow, consume · **To what, where:** course, palpitations, energy drink

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» 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/52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the course of action appropriate where a child experiences palpitations accompanied by faintness following consumption of an energy drink during play.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	appropriate	appropriate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	experiences	experience	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	palpitations	palpitation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	faintness	faintness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
21	during	during	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 course |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **appropriate** | present | the course *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of action | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **experience** | present | a child | palpitations |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palpitation=Stimulus |
| 4 | **accompany** | participle |  | palpitations *not said here* |  |  |  | by faintness and following consumption of a energy drink during play | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by faintness=Destination |
| 5 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **consume** |  |  | a energy drink during play |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Play is to cease and emergency services are to be summoned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:e4:o1:1
# text = Play is to cease and emergency services are to be summoned
1	Play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	summoned	summon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Play |  |  |  |  | cease *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **summon** | present · passive |  | emergency services |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Play is to continue in order to expend the caffeine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:e4:o2:1
# text = Play is to continue in order to expend the caffeine
1	Play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	continue	continue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	fixed	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	expend	expend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Play |  |  |  |  | continue *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **expend** | to-infinitive | Play *not said here* | the caffeine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A further energy drink is to be administered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:e4:o3:1
# text = A further energy drink is to be administered
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | present · passive |  | a further energy drink |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The child is to be instructed to hold his breath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:e4:o4:1
# text = The child is to be instructed to hold his breath
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	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	instructed	instruct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | the child |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | child's breath |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme |

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