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title: Why does a physio give you just a few exercises and not loads? — The cast: itching, signing and the saw · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does a physio give you just a few exercises and not loads? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 2 «The cast: itching, signing and the saw» 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

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Why does a physio give you just a few exercises and not loads?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** physio · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** few exercises, you

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2 «The cast: itching, signing and the saw» 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/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t6:1
# text = Why does a physio give you just a few exercises and not loads?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	physio	physio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	exercises	exercise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · do-support | a physio | a few exercises and loads | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

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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}

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Doing more than told can strain the healing arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t6:o1:1
# text = Doing more than told can strain the healing arm
1	Doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	obj	_	_
3	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	strain	strain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | gerund |  | more |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **strain** | can | Doing | the healing arm |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent arm=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Exercises cost money each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t6:o2:1
# text = Exercises cost money each
1	Exercises	exercise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | Exercises | money |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme money=Beneficiary each=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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More exercises would make the arm grow far too strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t6:o3:1
# text = More exercises would make the arm grow far too strong
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	exercises	exercise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	xcomp	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would | More exercises | the arm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | the arm *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Physios are lazy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t6:o4:1
# text = Physios are lazy
1	Physios	physio	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Physios |  |  |  |  | lazy *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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