--- title: A hospital letter: "Your procedure is booked for Monday." What will… — Soft words for hard things: illness, d… · tree and pragmatics description: A hospital letter: "Your procedure is booked for Monday." What will happen on Monday? 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What will happen on Monday? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hospital letter, Your · **What happens:** book, proceed, happen · **To what, where:** procedure This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A hospital letter: "Your procedure is booked for Monday." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t6:1 # text = A hospital letter: "Your procedure is booked for Monday." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 hospital hospital NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 procedure procedure NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 booked book VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Monday Monday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **book** *in a quote* | present · passive | a hospital letter *not said here* | Your procedure | | | monday | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **proceed** *in a quote* | | Your | | | | | | nom procedure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 will happen on Monday? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t6:2 # text = What will happen on Monday? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Monday Monday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | future | | | | | monday | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} You will have an operation ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t6:o1:1 # text = You will have an operation 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 operation operation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | future | You | a operation | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent operation=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} You will have a holiday ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t6:o2:1 # text = You will have a holiday 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | future | You | a holiday | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holiday=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} You will see a film ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t6:o3:1 # text = You will see a film 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | future | You | a film | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} You will pay a bill at the hospital ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t6:o4:1 # text = You will pay a bill at the hospital 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hospital hospital NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | future | You | a bill | | the hospital | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset | **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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