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title: In a TV show a toy doctor heals a toy by just giving it a hug. What… — The vet · tree and pragmatics
description: In a TV show a toy doctor heals a toy by just giving it a hug. What does a real vet do first? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 227 «The vet» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · The vet

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In a TV show a toy doctor heals a toy by just giving it a hug. What does a real vet do first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, toy doctor, real vet · **What happens:** show, heal, give, do · **To what, where:** TV, toy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 227 «The vet» of the biology 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/biology/227-the-vet/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a TV show a toy doctor heals a toy by just giving it a hug.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t11:1
# text = In a TV show a toy doctor heals a toy by just giving it a hug.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	heals	heal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hug	hug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a TV |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **heal** | present | a toy doctor | a toy |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent toy=Patient |
| 3 | **give** | gerund | a toy doctor *not said here* | toy |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient hug=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:* What does a real vet do first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t11:2
# text = What does a real vet do first?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · do-support | a real vet |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Looks, listens and measures to find the problem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t11:o1:1
# text = Looks, listens and measures to find the problem
1	Looks	look	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	listens	listen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	measures	measure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | present | Looks |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **measure** | present | Looks *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | Looks *not said here* | the problem |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Guesses and gives the same medicine to every animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t11:o2:1
# text = Guesses and gives the same medicine to every animal
1	Guesses	guess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	1	cc	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Guesses | the same medicine | every animal |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme to animal=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Asks the animal where it hurts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t11:o3:1
# text = Asks the animal where it hurts
1	Asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present |  |  | the animal |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | animal |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gives every animal a hug and sends it home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t11:o4:1
# text = Gives every animal a hug and sends it home
1	Gives	give	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hug	hug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | a hug *not said here* | hug |  |  |  | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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