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title: On the news: "Hospitals warn of long waits in emergency departments… — Hospitals, operations and serious illn… · tree and pragmatics
description: On the news: "Hospitals warn of long waits in emergency departments this winter." Why are waits longest then? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 21 «Hospitals, operations and serious illness» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 10 · ★ · Hospitals, operations and serious illness

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On the news: "Hospitals warn of long waits in emergency departments this winter." Why are waits longest then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hospitals · **What happens:** warn, be

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 21 «Hospitals, operations and serious illness» 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/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On the news: "Hospitals warn of long waits in emergency departments this winter."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t10:1
# text = On the news: "Hospitals warn of long waits in emergency departments this winter."
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Hospitals	Hospital	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	warn	warn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	waits	wait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	departments	department	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* *in a quote* | present | Hospitals |  |  |  | winter | of long waits; in emergency departments; on the news | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on news=Topic |

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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:* Why are waits longest then?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t10:2
# text = Why are waits longest then?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	longest	long	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | then | long, wait *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Patients choose to come in winter for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t10:o1:1
# text = Patients choose to come in winter for fun
1	Patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | present | Patients |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | Patients *not said here* |  |  |  | winter | for fun | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hospitals close half their beds every December

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t10:o2:1
# text = Hospitals close half their beds every December
1	Hospitals	hospital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present | Hospitals | Hospitals's beds |  |  | december |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Doctors take their summer holidays in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t10:o3:1
# text = Doctors take their summer holidays in winter
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Doctors | Doctors's summer holidays |  |  | winter |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holiday=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Winter brings more illness, so A&E is busier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t10:o4:1
# text = Winter brings more illness, so A&E is busier
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	&	&	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	E	E	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	busier	busy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | Winter | more illness |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent illness=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | a E |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |

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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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