--- title: Before 1816, how did a doctor usually listen to a patient's heart? — The human body deeper: the heart and b… · tree and pragmatics description: Before 1816, how did a doctor usually listen to a patient's heart? Test 8 of lesson 261 «The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numbers» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The human body deeper: the heart and b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood/) / t8 # Test 8 · The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numb… Before 1816, how did a doctor usually listen to a patient's heart? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, listen · **To what, where:** doctor This is test 8 of lesson 261 «The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numbers» 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/261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t8:1 # text = Before 1816, how did a doctor usually listen to a patient's heart? 1 Before before ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 1816 1816 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 usually usually ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 listen listen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | a doctor | | | before 1816 | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Eventuality | | 2 | **listen** | present | | | | | | to a patient's heart; usually *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to heart=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} By squeezing the patient's wrist very hard and counting ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t8:o1:1 # text = By squeezing the patient's wrist very hard and counting 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 squeezing squeeze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | gerund | | the patient's wrist | | | | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrist=Theme | | 2 | **count** | gerund | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} By tapping the head with a hammer ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t8:o2:1 # text = By tapping the head with a hammer 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 tapping tap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tap** | gerund | | the head | | | | with a hammer | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent head=Patient with hammer=Instrument | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By putting an ear straight onto the chest ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t8:o3:1 # text = By putting an ear straight onto the chest 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 onto onto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | gerund | | a ear | | the chest | | straight *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ear=Goal | ### Option 4 {#o4} By looking into the mouth with a lamp ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t8:o4:1 # text = By looking into the mouth with a lamp 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | with a lamp; into the mouth | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into mouth=Theme | **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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