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<explanation> Explanation
An explanation of why an answer is correct, or why an option is or is not correct.
An explanation may provide additional information about a question,
point to text that may provide useful information, or describe why one answer might
be confused with
another.
Usage/Remarks
Questions (<question>) may be associated with explanations (<explanation>) using the Pointer to Object Described in Explanation attribute on the <explanation>.
Attributes
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Description
The following, in order:
- <object-id> Object Identifier, zero or more
- <label> Label (of an Equation, Figure, Reference, etc.), zero or one
- <title> Title, zero or one
- <subtitle> Document Subtitle, zero or more
- <alt-title> Alternate Title, zero or more
- Any one of:
- <sec> Section, one or more
- The following, in order:
- One or more of any of:
- <answer> Answer to a Question
- <answer-set> Answer Set
- <boxed-text> Boxed Text
- <chem-struct-wrap> Chemical Structure Wrapper
- <code> Code
- <fig> Figure
- <graphic> Graphic
- <media> Media Object
- <preformat> Preformatted Text
- <question> Question
- <question-wrap> Question Wrapper
- <question-wrap-group> Question Wrapper Group
- <supplementary-material> Supplementary Material Metadata
- <table-wrap> Table Wrapper
- <disp-formula> Formula, Display
- <disp-formula-group> Formula, Display Group
- Lists
- Math Element
- <p> Paragraph
- <related-article> Related Article Information
- <related-object> Related Object Information
- <disp-quote> Quote, Displayed
- <speech> Speech
- <statement> Statement, Formal
- <verse-group> Verse Form for Poetry
- <sec> Section, zero or more
- One or more of any of:
- Any combination of:
Content Model
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Expanded Content Model
((object-id)*, label?, title?, subtitle*, alt-title*, ((sec)+ | ((answer | answer-set | boxed-text | chem-struct-wrap | code | fig | graphic | media | preformat | question | question-wrap | question-wrap-group | supplementary-material | table-wrap | disp-formula | disp-formula-group | def-list | list | mml:math | p | related-article | related-object | disp-quote | speech | statement | verse-group)+, (sec)*)), (glossary | ref-list)*)
Tagged Samples
Multiple choice with options and explanation
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<sec id="sec45">
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<question-wrap>
<question id="q1" question-response-type="multiple-choice">
<label>1</label>
<p>Where was the first permanent English
settlement in the New World?</p>
<option correct="no">
<label>A</label>
<p>Plymouth</p>
</option>
<option correct="yes" id="q1b">
<label>B</label>
<p>Jamestown</p>
</option>
<option correct="no">
<label>C</label>
<p>Roanoke</p>
</option>
</question>
<explanation pointer-to-explained="q1b">
<p>Established by the Virginia Company of London, Jamestown
was the first permanent English settlement in the New World;
it flourished from 1607 to 1699. Although the Roanoke colony
was founded earlier (in 1587), that colony failed; upon returning
from a trip to England for supplies, its Governor found the
settlement abandoned. Although one of the earliest New England
colonies, Plymouth (in modern Massachusetts) was not founded
by the Pilgrims until 1620.</p>
</explanation>
</question-wrap>
</sec>
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True/False question with <answer>
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<sec id="sec45">
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<question-wrap>
<question id="q2" question-response-type="true-false">
<p>Peregrine White was the first English
child born in North America.</p>
<answer pointer-to-question="q2" id="ans2">
<p>False</p></answer>
</question>
<explanation pointer-to-explained="ans2">
<p>The first English child born in North America was
Virginia Dare. She was born in August 1587, in the
short-lived colony of Roanoke. Although the settlement
was later abandoned and the fate of its inhabitants a
mystery, records brought to England by her grandfather,
the governor of the colony, later in 1587 note her birth
and baptism. Born in November 1620, Peregrine White
was the first child born in the Plymouth colony.</p>
</explanation>
</question-wrap>
</sec>
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True/False question with <option>s
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<sec id="sec45">
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<question-wrap>
<question id="q2" question-response-type="multiple-choice">
<p>Peregrine White was the first English
child born in North America.</p>
<option correct="no">
<p>True</p></option>
<option correct="yes" id="q2b">
<p>False</p></option>
</question>
<explanation pointer-to-explained="q2b">
<p>The first English child born in North America was
Virginia Dare. She was born in August 1587, in the
short-lived colony of Roanoke (NC). Although the settlement
was later abandoned and the fate of its inhabitants a
mystery, records brought to England by her grandfather,
the governor of the colony, later in 1587 note her birth
and baptism. Born in November 1620, Peregrine White
was the first child born in the Plymouth colony (MA).</p>
</explanation>
</question-wrap>
</sec>
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Part of <answer-set>
... <sec id="sec45"> <title>The Answers</title> <p>Students should use the answers below to check their understanding.</p> <answer-set> <answer pointer-to-question="q1"> <p>B</p> </answer> <answer pointer-to-question="q2" id="ans2"> <p>false</p> <explanation pointer-to-explained="ans2"> <p>Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy was born three months and three days earlier than United States astronaut John Glenn, whose birth date is July 18, 1921.</p> </explanation> </answer> <answer pointer-to-question="q3"> <answer-set> <answer pointer-to-question="q3a" id="ans3a"> <p>1</p> </answer> <answer pointer-to-question="q3b" id="ans3b"> <p>3</p> </answer> <answer pointer-to-question="q3c" id="ans3c"> <p>2</p> </answer> <explanation pointer-to-explained="ans3a ans3b ans3c"> <p>Glenn resigned from NASA on January 16, 1964. He won election to the United States Senate in 1974. On October 29, 1998, he became the oldest person to fly in space.</p> </explanation> </answer-set> </answer> <answer pointer-to-question="q4"> <p>This selection is a biographical sketch of John Glenn's career. The sketch focuses upon his achievements at NASA, notably his becoming the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. The biography also discusses his retirement from the Marine Corps and subsequent election to the United States Senate, where he continued his interest in space flight. The bio concludes with his participating at age 77 in a Space Shuttle mission.</p> </answer> </answer-set> </sec> ...
Within Teacher’s Notes section (<sec>)
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<sec>
<title>Demonstration Test Teacher's Notes</title>
<explanation pointer-to-explained="ans2">
<p>The text says "Glenn is the earliest-born American to go to
orbit, and the second earliest-born man overall after Soviet
cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy, who was born three months and three
days earlier." Since Georgy Beregovoy was born before John Glenn,
Beregovoy was the older man.</p>
</explanation>
</sec>
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