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title: Your brother grumbles, "A&E's well unfair, we were there first and t… — Hospitals, operations and serious illn… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your brother grumbles, "A&E's well unfair, we were there first and that bloke went in before us." How do you put him right? Test 2 · ★ 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 a
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# Test 2 · ★ · Hospitals, operations and serious illness

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Your brother grumbles, "A&E's well unfair, we were there first and that bloke went in before us." How do you put him right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, E, we, bloke, you · **What happens:** grumble, be, go in, put · **To what, where:** bloke · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your brother grumbles, "A&E's well unfair, we were there first and that bloke went in before us."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t2:1
# text = Your brother grumbles, "A&E's well unfair, we were there first and that bloke went in before us."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grumbles	grumble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	&	&	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	E	E	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	conj	_	_
16	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	advmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
21	in	in	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	before	before	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present | Your brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a E |  |  |  |  | unfair, well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | we |  |  |  |  | first, there *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **go in** *in a quote* | past | that bloke |  |  |  | before us |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before we=Location |

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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:* How do you put him right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t2:2
# text = How do you put him right?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present · do-support | you |  | bloke |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The man must have paid extra to skip the queue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t2:o1:1
# text = The man must have paid extra to skip the queue
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	extra	extra	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	skip	skip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | must · perfect | the man |  |  |  |  | extra *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **skip** | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | the queue |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queue=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grown-ups always go in before children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t2:o2:1
# text = Grown-ups always go in before children
1	Grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go in** | present | Grown ups |  |  |  | before children | always *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before child=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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People who shout the loudest go in first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t2:o3:1
# text = People who shout the loudest go in first
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shout	shout	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | People | the loudest |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loud=Topic |
| 2 | **go in** | present | People |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The nurse sends the most serious cases in first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness:t2:o4:1
# text = The nurse sends the most serious cases in first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | the nurse | the serious cases |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent case=Theme in first=Destination |

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