--- title: Ascertain the instrument by means of which a physician auscultates t… — The GP, the family doctor and the nurse · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the instrument by means of which a physician auscultates the heart and lungs. Exam question 2 of lesson 25 «The GP, the family doctor and the nurse» 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [The GP, the family doctor and the nurse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The GP, the family doctor and the nurse Ascertain the instrument by means of which a physician auscultates the heart and lungs. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, physician · **What happens:** ascertain, mean, auscultate · **To what, where:** instrument, heart This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «The GP, the family doctor and the nurse» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the instrument by means of which a physician auscultates the heart and lungs. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 physician physician NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 auscultates auscultate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the instrument | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instrument=Topic | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **auscultate** | present | a physician | the heart and lungs | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} The thermometer ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:e2:o1:1 # text = The thermometer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thermometer thermometer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The otoscope ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:e2:o2:1 # text = The otoscope 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 otoscope otoscope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The sphygmograph ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:e2:o3:1 # text = The sphygmograph 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sphygmograph sphygmograph NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The stethoscope ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:e2:o4:1 # text = The stethoscope 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stethoscope stethoscope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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