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title: It is given that a child's eyes are red and itching each spring. Sta… — Sore throats, ears and eyes · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a child's eyes are red and itching each spring. State the most probable cause. Exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Sore throats, ears and eyes» 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 wro
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# Exam question 3 · Sore throats, ears and eyes

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It is given that a child's eyes are red and itching each spring. State the most probable cause.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eyes · **What happens:** give, be, itch · **To what, where:** It

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Sore throats, ears and eyes» 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/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child's eyes are red and itching each spring.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e3:1
# text = It is given that a child's eyes are red and itching each spring.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	itching	itch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | a child's eyes |  |  |  |  | red *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **itch** | gerund | a child's eyes *not said here* |  |  |  | spring |  | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* State the most probable cause.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e3:2
# text = State the most probable cause.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Injury to the surface of the eyeball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e3:o1:1
# text = Injury to the surface of the eyeball
1	Injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eyeball	eyeball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Allergy to pollen, which is not contagious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e3:o2:1
# text = Allergy to pollen, which is not contagious
1	Allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	contagious	contagious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Allergy to pollen |  |  |  |  | contagious *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bacterial infection transmissible to others in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e3:o3:1
# text = Bacterial infection transmissible to others in class
1	Bacterial	bacterial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	transmissible	transmissible	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Excessive viewing of screens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e3:o4:1
# text = Excessive viewing of screens
1	Excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	viewing	viewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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