--- title: Mate dials 999 for a laugh. Best reply? — Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E · tree and pragmatics description: Mate dials 999 for a laugh. Best reply? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/t10/) [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/) / [Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E Mate dials 999 for a laugh. Best reply? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** dial · **To what, where:** 999 This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E» 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/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate dials 999 for a laugh. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:t10:1 # text = Mate dials 999 for a laugh. 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dials dial VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 999 999 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dial** | present | Mate | 999 | | | | for a laugh | 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. *Sentence 2:* Best reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:t10:2 # text = Best reply? 1 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Stop, it takes help away from people in danger ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:t10:o1:1 # text = Stop, it takes help away from people in danger 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | from people in danger; away, help *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only bad if you swear ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:t10:o2:1 # text = Only bad if you swear 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 swear swear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | present | you | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's free, so fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:t10:o3:1 # text = It's free, so fine 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Do it again, it's funny and nobody ever finds out ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e:t10:o4:1 # text = Do it again, it's funny and nobody ever finds out 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 nsubj _ _ 10 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 11 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | again | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find out** | present | nobody | | | | ever | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | **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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