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title: Mum on hold: "why does she need to know what's wrong, just give me a… — The GP, the family doctor and the nurse · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum on hold: "why does she need to know what's wrong, just give me a slot". Best answer? Test 7 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 7 · The GP, the family doctor and the nurse

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Mum on hold: "why does she need to know what's wrong, just give me a slot". Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** need, know, be, give · **To what, where:** slot, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum on hold: "why does she need to know what's wrong, just give me a slot".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t7:1
# text = Mum on hold: "why does she need to know what's wrong, just give me a slot".
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	hold	hold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
18	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	iobj	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	slot	slot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | Mum *not said here* | a slot | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient slot=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t7:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The receptionist sorts urgent cases and the right person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t7:o1:1
# text = The receptionist sorts urgent cases and the right person
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sorts	sort	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	urgent	urgent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** | present | the receptionist | urgent cases and the right person |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She decides the medicine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t7:o2:1
# text = She decides the medicine
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | She | the medicine |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent medicine=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's the law to be nosy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t7:o3:1
# text = It's the law to be nosy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	nosy	nosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the law |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | nosy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She sends the bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse:t7:o4:1
# text = She sends the bill
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | She | the bill |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Theme |

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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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