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description: It is given that a medical practitioner forewarns a patient of "some discomfort". Determine what the patient should anticipate. Exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body

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It is given that a medical practitioner forewarns a patient of "some discomfort". Determine what the patient should anticipate.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** medical practitioner, you, patient · **What happens:** give, forewarn, determine, anticipate · **To what, where:** It, patient

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a medical practitioner forewarns a patient of "some discomfort".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e2:1
# text = It is given that a medical practitioner forewarns a patient of "some discomfort".
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	practitioner	practitioner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	forewarns	forewarn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	discomfort	discomfort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **forewarn** | present | a medical practitioner | a patient of some discomfort |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Determine what the patient should anticipate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e2:2
# text = Determine what the patient should anticipate.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	anticipate	anticipate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **anticipate** | should | the patient |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A sensation of cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e2:o1:1
# text = A sensation of cold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sensation	sensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A period of boredom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e2:o2:1
# text = A period of boredom
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	boredom	boredom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A degree of pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e2:o3:1
# text = A degree of pain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A feeling of hunger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e2:o4:1
# text = A feeling of hunger
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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