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description: It is given that a participant in a sporting activity experiences a sharp pain in a joint. Identify the appropriate course of action. Exam question 3 of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 3 · Moving, swimming and sport

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It is given that a participant in a sporting activity experiences a sharp pain in a joint. Identify the appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, sport, identify · **To what, where:** It, sporting activity experiences, appropriate course

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» of the myths 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/myths/5-moving-swimming-and-sport/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a participant in a sporting activity experiences a sharp pain in a joint.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e3:1
# text = It is given that a participant in a sporting activity experiences a sharp pain in a joint.
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	_	6	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	sporting	sport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
10	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	experiences	experience	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 |  | a sporting activity experiences and a sharp pain in a joint |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **sport** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Identify the appropriate course of action.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e3:2
# text = Identify the appropriate course of action.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Cessation of the activity, since sharp pain signals possible injury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e3:o1:1
# text = Cessation of the activity, since sharp pain signals possible injury
1	Cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	since	since	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
8	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	signals	signal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** |  |  | the activity |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Continuation of the activity with increased effort until the pain subsides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e3:o2:1
# text = Continuation of the activity with increased effort until the pain subsides
1	Continuation	continuation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	increased	increase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	until	until	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	subsides	subside	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **subside** | present | Continuation of the activity with increased effort until the pain |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **continue** |  |  | the activity with increased effort until the pain |  |  |  |  | nom continuation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Disregard of the pain, which indicates progress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e3:o3:1
# text = Disregard of the pain, which indicates progress
1	Disregard	disregard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | the pain | progress |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot progress=Topic |
| 2 | **disregard** |  |  | the pain |  |  |  |  | nom disregard «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Performance of prolonged stretches upon the joint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e3:o4:1
# text = Performance of prolonged stretches upon the joint
1	Performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	stretches	stretch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **perform** |  |  | prolonged stretches |  |  |  | upon the joint | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient upon=obl |

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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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