--- title: A care home note: "Mr Wood is sometimes confused at night." What wou… — Soft words for hard things: illness, d… · tree and pragmatics description: A care home note: "Mr Wood is sometimes confused at night." What would a nurse probably do? 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What would a nurse probably do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mr Wood, nurse · **What happens:** be, do This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 5 «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/5-drink-mind-and-body/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A care home note: "Mr Wood is sometimes confused at night." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t4:1 # text = A care home note: "Mr Wood is sometimes confused at night." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Wood Wood PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 11 confused confused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 appos _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mr Wood | | | | night | confused, sometimes *property* | tree rules | 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 would a nurse probably do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t4:2 # text = What would a nurse probably do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 probably probably ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | would | a nurse | | | | | probably *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Watch over him because of his dementia ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t4:o1:1 # text = Watch over him because of his dementia 1 Watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dementia dementia NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | over him *= he*; because his dementia | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over he=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Send him home ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t4:o2:1 # text = Send him home 1 Send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Give him a puzzle to keep him busy at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t4:o3:1 # text = Give him a puzzle to keep him busy at night 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 puzzle puzzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a puzzle | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient puzzle=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | night | busy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Teach him maths ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t4:o4:1 # text = Teach him maths 1 Teach teach VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | maths | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient math=Topic | **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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