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description: A doctor says "we've found a growth, but it's probably harmless". What is true? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 5 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body

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A doctor says "we've found a growth, but it's probably harmless". What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doctor, we · **What happens:** say, find, be · **To what, where:** growth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A doctor says "we've found a growth, but it's probably harmless".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t8:1
# text = A doctor says "we've found a growth, but it's probably harmless".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a doctor |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | a growth |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent growth=Topic |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | doctor |  |  |  |  | harmless, probably *property* | 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:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t8:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A plant is growing in the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t8:o1:1
# text = A plant is growing in the room
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · progressive | a plant |  |  | the room |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Someone has grown taller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t8:o2:1
# text = Someone has grown taller
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · perfect | Someone |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The patient is perfectly healthy everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t8:o3:1
# text = The patient is perfectly healthy everywhere
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the patient |  |  |  |  | everywhere, healthy, perfectly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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There is a lump that is probably not cancer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t8:o4:1
# text = There is a lump that is probably not cancer
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a lump |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | a lump | cancer |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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