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title: "the stethoscope is cold cos doctors are mean" lol. Real reason? — The GP, the family doctor and the nurse · tree and pragmatics
description: "the stethoscope is cold cos doctors are mean" lol. Real reason? Test 4 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 was right.
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# Test 4 · The GP, the family doctor and the nurse

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"the stethoscope is cold cos doctors are mean" lol. Real reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stethoscope · **What happens:** be

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This is test 4 of lesson 25 «The GP, the family doctor and the nurse» 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/25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "the stethoscope is cold cos doctors are mean" lol.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t4:1
# text = "the stethoscope is cold cos doctors are mean" lol.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stethoscope	stethoscope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
11	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the stethoscope |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Real reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t4:2
# text = Real reason?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It's kept in a fridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t4:o1:1
# text = It's kept in a fridge
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | It |  | a fridge |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in fridge=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Doctors chill it on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t4:o2:1
# text = Doctors chill it on purpose
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chill	chill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | present | Doctors | it |  | purpose |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Metal is cold, and they need it on your skin to hear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t4:o3:1
# text = Metal is cold, and they need it on your skin to hear
1	Metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Metal |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | they | Metal |  | your skin |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 3 | **hear** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cold helps hearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t4:o4:1
# text = Cold helps hearing
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Cold | hearing |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hearing=Beneficiary |

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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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