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title: In a cartoon a surgeon knocks a patient out with a mallet. What's re… — The hospital ward, operations and anae… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a surgeon knocks a patient out with a mallet. What's real? Test 4 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic

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In a cartoon a surgeon knocks a patient out with a mallet. What's real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** surgeon · **What happens:** knock out, be · **To what, where:** patient, cartoon

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a surgeon knocks a patient out with a mallet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon a surgeon knocks a patient out with a mallet.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knocks	knock	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mallet	mallet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock out** | present | a surgeon | a patient |  | a cartoon |  | with a mallet | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent patient=Theme in cartoon=Destination |

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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:* What's real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t4:2
# text = What's real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Surgeons really do that, but with a soft rubber hammer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t4:o1:1
# text = Surgeons really do that, but with a soft rubber hammer
1	Surgeons	surgeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Surgeons | that |  |  |  | with a soft rubber hammer | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They sing a lullaby until the patient drops off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t4:o2:1
# text = They sing a lullaby until the patient drops off
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lullaby	lullaby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | They | a lullaby |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lullaby=Theme |
| 2 | **drop off** | present | the patient |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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

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An anaesthetist uses medicine and watches the patient

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t4:o3:1
# text = An anaesthetist uses medicine and watches the patient
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	anaesthetist	anaesthetist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	watches	watch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | a anaesthetist | medicine |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Patient |
| 2 | **watch** | present | a anaesthetist *not said here* | the patient |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patient=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Patients just hold their breath until they faint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t4:o4:1
# text = Patients just hold their breath until they faint
1	Patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	faint	faint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | Patients | Patients's breath |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme |
| 2 | **faint** | present | Patients *= patient* |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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