Displaying XML using XPath expressions

Hi. I have a XML file which looks something like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SAQ>
<question id="1">
What does UML stand for?
<answer id="1" correct="yes">
Unified Modelling Language
<explanation>
Explanation
</explanation>
</answer>
<answer id="2" correct="no">
United Modelling Language
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Wrong
</explanation>
</answer>
</question>
I want to just display the Question, not the child Answer and Explantion nodes under it, but when I use:
<c:set var="temp" value="1" />
<x:out select="$doc//SAQ//question[@id = $temp]" />
it displays:
What does UML stand for? Unified Modelling Language Explanation United Modelling Language Wrong
How do I just display the parent question node and not its child answer and explanation nodes?
Thanks!

use the text() xpath function it should work:
<x:out select="$doc//SAQ//question[@id = $temp]/text()" />

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