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title: A clever riddle: Country A pays all care from taxes; Country B leave… — Healthcare: who pays when you are ill · tree and pragmatics
description: A clever riddle: Country A pays all care from taxes; Country B leaves it to private insurance. Which problem is each most likely to argue about? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Healthcare: who pays when you are ill» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Healthcare: who pays when you are ill

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A clever riddle: Country A pays all care from taxes; Country B leaves it to private insurance. Which problem is each most likely to argue about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clever riddle, Country, problem · **What happens:** country, pay, leave, be, argue · **To what, where:** A, care, taxes, private insurance

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Healthcare: who pays when you are ill» of the politics 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/politics/20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A clever riddle: Country A pays all care from taxes; Country B leaves it to private insurance.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t11:1
# text = A clever riddle: Country A pays all care from taxes; Country B leaves it to private insurance.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Country	country	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	appos	_	_
6	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	obj	_	_
7	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	B	B	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	_
15	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	insurance	insurance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **country** | infinitive |  | A |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | present | a clever riddle | all care |  | taxes |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Asset |
| 3 | **leave** | present | Country | care | private insurance |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to insurance=Recipient |

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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:* Which problem is each most likely to argue about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t11:2
# text = Which problem is each most likely to argue about?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	argue	argue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which problem |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive | which problem *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both of them argue only about the weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t11:o1:1
# text = Both of them argue only about the weather
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | Both |  |  |  |  | about the weather | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about weather=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither has any arguments, because both systems work perfectly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t11:o2:1
# text = Neither has any arguments, because both systems work perfectly
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	arguments	argument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	systems	system	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Neither | any arguments |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Patient |
| 2 | **work** | present | both systems |  |  |  |  | perfectly *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A about big bills for people without cover, B about long waiting lists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t11:o3:1
# text = A about big bills for people without cover, B about long waiting lists
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	about	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	B	B	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	lists	list	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A about waiting lists, B about big bills for people without cover

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t11:o4:1
# text = A about waiting lists, B about big bills for people without cover
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	lists	list	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	B	B	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	without	without	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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