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title: Josh had keyhole surgery for his appendix and says "it was a tiny op… — The hospital ward, operations and anae… · tree and pragmatics
description: Josh had keyhole surgery for his appendix and says "it was a tiny op". Fair? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic

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Josh had keyhole surgery for his appendix and says "it was a tiny op". Fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Josh, surgery · **What happens:** have, say, be · **To what, where:** keyhole surgery, tiny op · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Josh had keyhole surgery for his appendix and says "it was a tiny op".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t6:1
# text = Josh had keyhole surgery for his appendix and says "it was a tiny op".
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	keyhole	keyhole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	surgery	surgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	appendix	appendix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	op	op	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Josh | keyhole surgery |  |  |  | for Josh's appendix | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surgery=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Josh *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | surgery | a tiny op |  |  |  |  | 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:* Fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t6:2
# text = Fair?
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, it was done through his mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, it was done through his mouth
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · passive |  | it |  | his mouth |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, keyhole means no cuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t6:o2:1
# text = No, keyhole means no cuts
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	keyhole	keyhole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	cuts	cut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | keyhole | no cuts |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cut=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cuts were small but the work inside was a real operation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t6:o3:1
# text = The cuts were small but the work inside was a real operation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cuts	cut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	operation	operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cuts |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | a small real operation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they did almost nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, they did almost nothing
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | they | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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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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