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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the protein requirements of a child engaged in sport? Exam question 4 of lesson 54 «A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 4 · A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the protein requirements of a child engaged in sport?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, engage, require · **To what, where:** protein requirements, child, sport

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 54 «A balanced plate for a kid who plays 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/54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the protein requirements of a child engaged in sport?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	protein	protein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	requirements	requirement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 |  | the protein requirements of a child |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **engage** | participle |  | a child *not said here* |  |  |  | in sport *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in sport=Goal |
| 4 | **require** |  |  | a child |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition 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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Supplementation with shakes is indispensable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e4:o1:1
# text = Supplementation with shakes is indispensable
1	Supplementation	supplementation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	shakes	shake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	indispensable	indispensable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Supplementation with shakes |  |  |  |  | indispensable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A whole chicken is required daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e4:o2:1
# text = A whole chicken is required daily
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | a whole chicken |  |  |  | daily *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

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

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Ordinary balanced meals provide sufficient protein

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e4:o3:1
# text = Ordinary balanced meals provide sufficient protein
1	Ordinary	Ordinary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	balanced	balance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	provide	provide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	protein	protein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **balance** | past | Ordinary |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **provide** | present | meals | sufficient protein |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition protein=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Protein is not required by children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e4:o4:1
# text = Protein is not required by children
1	Protein	protein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **require** | present · passive | children | Protein |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |

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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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