--- title: Why do doctors often wait before giving antibiotics for an earache? — Sore throats, ears and eyes · tree and pragmatics description: Why do doctors often wait before giving antibiotics for an earache? Test 5 of lesson 9 «Sore throats, ears and eyes» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/t5/) [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/) / [Sore throats, ears and eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/) / t5 # Test 5 · Sore throats, ears and eyes Why do doctors often wait before giving antibiotics for an earache? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doctors · **What happens:** do, wait, give · **To what, where:** antibiotics This is test 5 of lesson 9 «Sore throats, ears and eyes» 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/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t5:1 # text = Why do doctors often wait before giving antibiotics for an earache? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 3 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 often often ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 antibiotics antibiotic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 earache earache NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | doctors *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wait** | present | doctors | | | | | often *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** | gerund | doctors *not said here* | antibiotics | | | | for a earache | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent antibiotic=Theme for earache=Asset | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Doctors are lazy ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t5:o1:1 # text = Doctors are lazy 1 Doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Doctors | | | | | lazy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ears can't be treated ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t5:o2:1 # text = Ears can't be treated 1 Ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **treat** | can · passive | | Ears | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Antibiotics make ears worse ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t5:o3:1 # text = Antibiotics make ears worse 1 Antibiotics antibiotic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Antibiotics | ears | | | | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ear=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Most ear infections get better on their own in about three days ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t5:o4:1 # text = Most ear infections get better on their own in about three days 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 2 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 infections infection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 about about ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Most ear infections | | | | day | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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