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title: Ben can't hear in class weeks after a cold. What might the doctor do? — Sore throats, ears and eyes · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben can't hear in class weeks after a cold. What might the doctor do? Test 7 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 right.
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# Test 7 · Sore throats, ears and eyes

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Ben can't hear in class weeks after a cold. What might the doctor do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ben, doctor · **What happens:** not hear, do

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben can't hear in class weeks after a cold.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t7:1
# text = Ben can't hear in class weeks after a cold.
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | can | Ben |  |  |  | after a cold; week |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 might the doctor do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t7:2
# text = What might the doctor do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | might | the doctor |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Wait and check again, maybe grommets if it stays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t7:o1:1
# text = Wait and check again, maybe grommets if it stays
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	grommets	grommet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | grommets |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pull out his eardrum to let the fluid drain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t7:o2:1
# text = Pull out his eardrum to let the fluid drain
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	eardrum	eardrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fluid	fluid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | imperative | you *not said here* | his eardrum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the fluid drain |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drain=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Give him a new ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t7:o3:1
# text = Give him a new ear
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a new ear | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ear=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell him to listen harder in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t7:o4:1
# text = Tell him to listen harder in class
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **listen** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in class; hard *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in class=Theme |

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