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title: tummy hurts but i dont wanna say where to the doctor its embarrasing — Helpers in town and building sites · tree and pragmatics
description: tummy hurts but i dont wanna say where to the doctor its embarrasing Test 15 · ★ of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 15 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites

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tummy hurts but i dont wanna say where to the doctor its embarrasing

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tummy, i · **What happens:** hurt, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» of the everyday 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/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t15:1
# text = tummy hurts but i dont wanna say where to the doctor its embarrasing
1	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	dont	dont	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	nsubj	_	_
6	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	embarrasing	embarrasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present | tummy |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Let the doctor guess by pressing all over until you jump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t15:o1:1
# text = Let the doctor guess by pressing all over until you jump
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	guess	guess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the doctor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **guess** | infinitive | the doctor *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **press** | gerund | the doctor *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **jump** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tell the doctor exactly where and how it hurts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t15:o2:1
# text = Tell the doctor exactly where and how it hurts
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the doctor |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | doctor |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just say you are fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t15:o3:1
# text = Just say you are fine
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say it hurts everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t15:o4:1
# text = Say it hurts everywhere
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | it |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

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