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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Sore throats, ears and eyes · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a small perforation of the eardrum consequent upon infection. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Sore throats, ears and eyes

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a small perforation of the eardrum consequent upon infection.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, small perforation

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a small perforation of the eardrum consequent upon infection.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	perforation	perforation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	eardrum	eardrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	consequent	consequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a small perforation of the eardrum consequent upon infection |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus perforation=Experiencer |

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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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Such perforations require the eardrum to be removed entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e4:o1:1
# text = Such perforations require the eardrum to be removed entirely
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	perforations	perforation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eardrum	eardrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Such perforations | the eardrum |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eardrum=Precondition |
| 2 | **remove** | to-infinitive · passive | Such perforations *not said here* |  |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such perforations cause permanent and total deafness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e4:o2:1
# text = Such perforations cause permanent and total deafness
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	perforations	perforation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	deafness	deafness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | Such perforations | permanent deafness |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition deafness=Patient |

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

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Such perforations usually heal spontaneously within weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e4:o3:1
# text = Such perforations usually heal spontaneously within weeks
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	perforations	perforation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	heal	heal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	spontaneously	spontaneously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | present | Such perforations |  |  |  | week | spontaneously, usually *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such perforations increase in size indefinitely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:e4:o4:1
# text = Such perforations increase in size indefinitely
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	perforations	perforation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	increase	increase	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | Such perforations |  |  | size |  | indefinitely *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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