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title: "Sneak a biscuit before your op, nobody'll know" — what could happen? — The hospital ward, operations and anae… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Sneak a biscuit before your op, nobody'll know" — what could happen? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 28 «The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic» 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★ · The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic

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"Sneak a biscuit before your op, nobody'll know" — what could happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, nobody · **What happens:** sneak, know, happen · **To what, where:** biscuit, op

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 28 «The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic» 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/28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t1:1
# text = "Sneak a biscuit before your op, nobody'll know" — what could happen?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	op	op	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a biscuit |  | your op |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme before op=Trajectory |
| 2 | **know** *in a quote* | future | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **happen** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Nothing, a small biscuit doesn't count as food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t1:o1:1
# text = Nothing, a small biscuit doesn't count as food
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | Nothing |  |  |  |  | as food | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as food=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's dangerous and the operation may be cancelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t1:o2:1
# text = It's dangerous and the operation may be cancelled
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	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	operation	operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cancel** | may · passive |  | the operation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You'll heal faster with some sugar inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t1:o3:1
# text = You'll heal faster with some sugar inside
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | future | You |  |  |  |  | with some sugar; fast, inside *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sugar=Instrument |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It makes the anaesthetic work stronger and faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t1:o4:1
# text = It makes the anaesthetic work stronger and faster
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	anaesthetic	anaesthetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the anaesthetic work |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material work=Product |

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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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