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title: A boy tells the doctor «I feel bad» but nothing more. What would hel… — Good manners and safety in town: shops… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy tells the doctor «I feel bad» but nothing more. What would help the doctor most? Test 4 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and crowds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 4 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

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A boy tells the doctor «I feel bad» but nothing more. What would help the doctor most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** tell, feel, help · **To what, where:** doctor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and crowds» 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/311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy tells the doctor «I feel bad» but nothing more.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t4:1
# text = A boy tells the doctor «I feel bad» but nothing more.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a boy | the doctor |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | a boy *= boy* |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 would help the doctor most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t4:2
# text = What would help the doctor most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  | the doctor |  |  |  | most *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Saying «I feel bad» more loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t4:o1:1
# text = Saying «I feel bad» more loudly
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | bad, loudly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Asking for medicine without explaining

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t4:o2:1
# text = Asking for medicine without explaining
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	explaining	explain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for medicine | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Waiting for the doctor to guess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t4:o3:1
# text = Waiting for the doctor to guess
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	guess	guess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for the doctor | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **guess** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Saying exactly where it hurts and how it feels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t4:o4:1
# text = Saying exactly where it hurts and how it feels
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
2	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	feels	feel	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | it |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **feel** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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