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title: "count backwards from 20 while she does it, it works" — why? — Needles and brave faces · tree and pragmatics
description: "count backwards from 20 while she does it, it works" — why? Test 4 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» 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 · Needles and brave faces

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"count backwards from 20 while she does it, it works" — why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she, it · **What happens:** count, do, work · **To what, where:** 20, it

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This is test 4 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» 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/32-needles-and-brave-faces/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t4:1
# text = "count backwards from 20 while she does it, it works" — why?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
3	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
15	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | 20 |  | backwards *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | she | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **work** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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It's magic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t4:o1:1
# text = It's magic
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	magic	magic	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 a** | present | It | magic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The nurse can only work while you are counting out loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t4:o2:1
# text = The nurse can only work while you are counting out loud
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | can | the nurse |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **count out** | present · progressive | you |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Counting numbs the arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t4:o3:1
# text = Counting numbs the arm
1	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	nsubj	_	_
2	numbs	numb	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	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **numb** | present |  | the arm |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus arm=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Distraction makes the brain pay less attention to pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t4:o4:1
# text = Distraction makes the brain pay less attention to pain
1	Distraction	distraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	4	det	_	_
4	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Distraction | the brain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | infinitive | the brain *not said here* | less attention |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset |

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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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