--- title: A report: "Adverse events rose by 10% at the clinic." What does that… — Soft words for hard things: illness, d… · tree and pragmatics description: A report: "Adverse events rose by 10% at the clinic." What does that mean? 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What does that mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** report, that · **What happens:** rise, mean · **To what, where:** clinic This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A report: "Adverse events rose by 10% at the clinic." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t8:1 # text = A report: "Adverse events rose by 10% at the clinic." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Adverse adverse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 clinic clinic NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** *in a quote* | past | a report | | | the clinic | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by %=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 that mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t8:2 # text = What does that 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 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 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 | that | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} More patients were harmed by treatment ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t8:o1:1 # text = More patients were harmed by treatment 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 patients patient NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 harmed harm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 treatment treatment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **harm** | past · passive | treatment | More patients | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} More nurses were hired ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t8:o2:1 # text = More nurses were hired 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 nurses nurse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 hired hire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hire** | past · passive | | More nurses | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} More events were held at the clinic ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t8:o3:1 # text = More events were held at the clinic 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 clinic clinic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past · passive | | More events | | the clinic | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at clinic=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} More patients came to the clinic ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t8:o4:1 # text = More patients came to the clinic 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 patients patient NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 clinic clinic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | More patients | | | the clinic | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to clinic=Initial\_Location | **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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