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title: Which child is helping the doctor most? — Going to the doctor and staying togeth… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which child is helping the doctor most? Test 2 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds» 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 2 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which child is helping the doctor most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** help · **To what, where:** doctor

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This is test 2 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together in 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/332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t2:1
# text = Which child is helping the doctor most?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	helping	help	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«It hurts right here when I swallow, since Monday»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t2:o1:1
# text = «It hurts right here when I swallow, since Monday»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
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	0	root	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	since	since	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** *in a quote* | present | It |  |  | here |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **swallow** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  | monday |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Ask my mum, she knows»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t2:o2:1
# text = «Ask my mum, she knows»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | imperative | my mum *= mum* *not said here* |  | my mum |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«I'm a bit poorly, I think, maybe since the weekend»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t2:o3:1
# text = «I'm a bit poorly, I think, maybe since the weekend»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	since	since	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	weekend	weekend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | a bit |  |  |  | poorly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  | weekend |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«It's nothing, really»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t2:o4:1
# text = «It's nothing, really»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | nothing |  |  |  |  | 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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