--- title: Gran on the news: "Over-sixty-fives can now book their free flu jab.… — Going to the doctor and the chemist · tree and pragmatics description: Gran on the news: "Over-sixty-fives can now book their free flu jab." Why the free offer? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Going to the doctor and the chemist» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Going to the doctor and the chemist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Going to the doctor and the chemist Gran on the news: "Over-sixty-fives can now book their free flu jab." Why the free offer? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Over-sixty-fives · **What happens:** book, jab · **To what, where:** free flu jab This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Going to the doctor and the chemist» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. 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/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gran on the news: "Over-sixty-fives can now book their free flu jab." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t9:1 # text = Gran on the news: "Over-sixty-fives can now book their free flu jab." 1 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Over-sixty-fives over-sixty-five NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 book book VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 flu flu NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 jab jab NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **book** *in a quote* | can | Over-sixty-fives | Over-sixty-fives's free flu jab | | | now | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jab=Theme | | 2 | **jab** *in a quote* | | Over-sixty-fives *= over-sixty-five* | | | | | | nom jab «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why the free offer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t9:2 # text = Why the free offer? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Young people never catch the flu ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t9:o1:1 # text = Young people never catch the flu 1 Young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 flu flu NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **catch** | present | Young people | the flu | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flu=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Older people keep forgetting to pay ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t9:o2:1 # text = Older people keep forgetting to pay 1 Older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 forgetting forget VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Older people | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **forget** | gerund | Older people *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **pay** | to-infinitive | Older people *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Flu is more dangerous for older people ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t9:o3:1 # text = Flu is more dangerous for older people 1 Flu flu NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Flu | | | | | for older people; dangerous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The jab only works on older people ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t9:o4:1 # text = The jab only works on older people 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 jab jab NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | the jab | | | | | on older people | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on people=Theme | **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. 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