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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the guidance pertaining to swimming with a verruca? Exam question 2 of lesson 59 «Changing-room germs» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 2 · Changing-room germs

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the guidance pertaining to swimming with a verruca?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guidance · **What happens:** follow, characteris, pertain, swim · **To what, where:** guidance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 59 «Changing-room germs» 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/59-changing-room-germs/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the guidance pertaining to swimming with a verruca?
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	10	det	_	_
10	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	pertaining	pertain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	verruca	verruca	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 guidance |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **pertain** | gerund | the guidance *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **swim** | gerund | the guidance *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a verruca | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with verruca=Theme |

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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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Swimming is prohibited until the verruca is excised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:e2:o1:1
# text = Swimming is prohibited until the verruca is excised
1	Swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	verruca	verruca	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	excised	excise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Swimming |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **excise** | present · passive |  | the verruca |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swimming is prohibited for a period of one year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:e2:o2:1
# text = Swimming is prohibited for a period of one year
1	Swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Swimming |  |  |  | for a period of one year | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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Swimming is permitted provided the verruca is covered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:e2:o3:1
# text = Swimming is permitted provided the verruca is covered
1	Swimming	swimming	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	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	verruca	verruca	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present · passive |  | Swimming |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | present · passive |  | the verruca |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Swimming is permitted only with the verruca exposed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:e2:o4:1
# text = Swimming is permitted only with the verruca exposed
1	Swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	verruca	verruca	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	exposed	expose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present · passive |  | Swimming |  |  |  | with the verruca | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **expose** | participle |  | the verruca *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

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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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