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title: Dad mutters, "Two visitors a bed, so you lot take turns, all right?"… — Hospitals, operations and serious illn… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad mutters, "Two visitors a bed, so you lot take turns, all right?" Why must you take turns? Test 11 · ★ 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 option; Mova's cho
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# Test 11 · ★ · Hospitals, operations and serious illness

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Dad mutters, "Two visitors a bed, so you lot take turns, all right?" Why must you take turns?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, you · **What happens:** mutter, take · **To what, where:** Two visitors, lot, turns · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad mutters, "Two visitors a bed, so you lot take turns, all right?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t11:1
# text = Dad mutters, "Two visitors a bed, so you lot take turns, all right?"
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mutters	mutter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mutter** *speech: ask* | present | Dad | Two visitors  a bed |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** *in a quote* | present | you | lot |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |

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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 must you take turns?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t11:2
# text = Why must you take turns?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | must | you | turns |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The car park is too small for the whole family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t11:o1:1
# text = The car park is too small for the whole family
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the car park |  |  |  |  | for the whole family; small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grandad only wants to see one person a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t11:o2:1
# text = Grandad only wants to see one person a day
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Grandad *not said here* | one person |  |  | day |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ward allows only two visitors at each bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t11:o3:1
# text = The ward allows only two visitors at each bed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ward	ward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	allows	allow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present | the ward |  | two visitors | each bed |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visitor=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children are never allowed on any hospital ward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t11:o4:1
# text = Children are never allowed on any hospital ward
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ward	ward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Children |  | any hospital ward |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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