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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises fever? — Fever · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises fever? Exam question 2 of lesson 8 «Fever» 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 2 · Fever

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises fever?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** fever

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 8 «Fever» 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/8-fever/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises fever?
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	fever	fever	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 |  | fever |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A deliberate elevation of temperature by which the body combats infection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:e2:o1:1
# text = A deliberate elevation of temperature by which the body combats infection
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	elevation	elevation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	combats	combat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elevate** |  |  | temperature |  |  |  |  | nom elevation «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A disease arising from prolonged exposure to warm weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:e2:o2:1
# text = A disease arising from prolonged exposure to warm weather
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	arising	arise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	warm	warm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | gerund | a disease *not said here* |  |  | prolonged exposure |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **warm** | to-infinitive | a disease *not said here* | weather |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent weather=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An infection in its own right, independent of any organism

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:e2:o3:1
# text = An infection in its own right, independent of any organism
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	organism	organism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A condition requiring immediate immersion of the patient in iced water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:e2:o4:1
# text = A condition requiring immediate immersion of the patient in iced water
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	immersion	immersion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	iced	ice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | gerund | a condition *not said here* | immediate immersion of the patient |  | iced water |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme immersion=Precondition |
| 2 | **ice** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **immerse** |  |  | the patient |  |  |  |  | nom immersion «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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