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title: Why might a doctor want a scan for a tummy pain in one spot that's g… — Tummy bugs and tummy aches · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might a doctor want a scan for a tummy pain in one spot that's getting worse with fever? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Tummy bugs and tummy aches» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

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Why might a doctor want a scan for a tummy pain in one spot that's getting worse with fever?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doctor, one spot · **What happens:** want, get · **To what, where:** scan

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Tummy bugs and tummy aches» of the medicine 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/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t10:1
# text = Why might a doctor want a scan for a tummy pain in one spot that's getting worse with fever?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scan	scan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	xcomp	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | might | a doctor | a scan |  |  |  | for a tummy pain in one spot | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot scan=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present · progressive | one spot |  |  |  |  | with fever; bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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It's always just trapped wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t10:o1:1
# text = It's always just trapped wind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because tummies are see-through on a scan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t10:o2:1
# text = Because tummies are see-through on a scan
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	tummies	tummy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	see	see	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	through	through	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	scan	scan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It could be appendicitis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t10:o3:1
# text = It could be appendicitis
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	appendicitis	appendicitis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | could | It | appendicitis |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To find any sweets he swallowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t10:o4:1
# text = To find any sweets he swallowed
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | any sweets |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Topic |
| 2 | **swallow** | past | he | any sweets *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient |

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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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