--- title: The news: "More people are living longer with chronic illnesses like… — When Grandma and Grandad need more help · tree and pragmatics description: The news: "More people are living longer with chronic illnesses like heart disease." What does chronic mean? 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What does chronic mean? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** More people · **What happens:** live, mean · **To what, where:** news This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» 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/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The news: "More people are living longer with chronic illnesses like heart disease." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t11:1 # text = The news: "More people are living longer with chronic illnesses like heart disease." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 9 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 chronic chronic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 illnesses illness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 disease disease NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** *in a quote* | present · progressive | More people | the news *not said here* | | | | with chronic illnesses like heart disease; long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme news=Location | 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:* What does chronic mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t11:2 # text = What does chronic mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 chronic chronic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Caught from other people on buses ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t11:o1:1 # text = Caught from other people on buses 1 Caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 buses bus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | participle | | | | buses | | from other people | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from people=Source | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Lasting a long time and often not curable ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t11:o2:1 # text = Lasting a long time and often not curable 1 Lasting last VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 often often ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 curable curable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | gerund | | | | | time | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only found in young children ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t11:o3:1 # text = Only found in young children 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | participle | | | | | | in young children | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Very short and quickly cured ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t11:o4:1 # text = Very short and quickly cured 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | participle | | | | | | quickly *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer | **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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