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title: In the arvo (afternoon), Aroha's Aussie cousin waves a green card: "… — Healthcare: who pays when you are ill · tree and pragmatics
description: In the arvo (afternoon), Aroha's Aussie cousin waves a green card: "Medicare, so the doc costs less." Who pays for that? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 of the question and of e
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Healthcare: who pays when you are ill

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In the arvo (afternoon), Aroha's Aussie cousin waves a green card: "Medicare, so the doc costs less." Who pays for that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aussie cousin, doc · **What happens:** wave, cost, pay · **To what, where:** green card

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the arvo (afternoon), Aroha's Aussie cousin waves a green card: "Medicare, so the doc costs less."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t5:1
# text = In the arvo (afternoon), Aroha's Aussie cousin waves a green card: "Medicare, so the doc costs less."
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	Aroha	Aroha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	Aussie	Aussie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	waves	wave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	Medicare	medicare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	doc	doc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
24	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | present | Aroha's Aussie cousin | a green card |  |  |  | in the arvo; Medicare *obl* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent card=Patient in arvo=Theme |
| 2 | **cost** *in a quote* | present | the doc |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Who pays for that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t5:2
# text = Who pays for that?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for that | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for that=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The doctor, out of her own pocket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t5:o1:1
# text = The doctor, out of her own pocket
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Australian taxpayers, through the public system

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t5:o2:1
# text = Australian taxpayers, through the public system
1	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	taxpayers	taxpayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody, because doctors' visits cost nothing to run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t5:o3:1
# text = Nobody, because doctors' visits cost nothing to run
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | Nobody | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme nothing=Value |
| 2 | **run** | to-infinitive | Nobody *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **visit** |  | doctors |  |  |  |  |  | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A US insurance company, through her card

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill:t5:o4:1
# text = A US insurance company, through her card
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	insurance	insurance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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