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title: Doctors want to see a baby inside its mum without any cuts. What do… — What sound is: wobbles in the air · tree and pragmatics
description: Doctors want to see a baby inside its mum without any cuts. What do they use? Test 8 of lesson 17 «What sound is: wobbles in the air» of the physics 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 8 · What sound is: wobbles in the air

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Doctors want to see a baby inside its mum without any cuts. What do they use?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Doctors · **What happens:** want, see, use · **To what, where:** baby

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This is test 8 of lesson 17 «What sound is: wobbles in the air» of the physics 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/physics/17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Doctors want to see a baby inside its mum without any cuts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t8:1
# text = Doctors want to see a baby inside its mum without any cuts.
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	cuts	cut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Doctors |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Doctors *not said here* | a baby |  |  |  | inside baby's mum; without any cuts | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus |

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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 do they use?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t8:2
# text = What do they use?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · do-support | Doctors *= doctor* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A bright torch shone straight through the skin of the tummy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t8:o1:1
# text = A bright torch shone straight through the skin of the tummy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A magnet and a compass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t8:o2:1
# text = A magnet and a compass
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	compass	compass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Loud music played into the tummy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t8:o3:1
# text = Loud music played into the tummy
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | Loud music |  |  | the tummy |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Ultrasound, very high sounds and their echoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t8:o4:1
# text = Ultrasound, very high sounds and their echoes
1	Ultrasound	ultrasound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	echoes	echo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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