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title: Who should get the one medicine, a strong adult or a very sick child… — Lifeboat choices · tree and pragmatics
description: Who should get the one medicine, a strong adult or a very sick child? Which answer reasons best? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Lifeboat choices» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Lifeboat choices

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Who should get the one medicine, a strong adult or a very sick child? Which answer reasons best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** one medicine

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Lifeboat choices» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/48-lifeboat-choices/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Who should get the one medicine, a strong adult or a very sick child?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t11:1
# text = Who should get the one medicine, a strong adult or a very sick child?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | should |  | the one medicine and a strong adult or a sick child |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer medicine=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:* Which answer reasons best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t11:2
# text = Which answer reasons best?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Whoever gets to the doctor's door first should have it, no questions asked

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t11:o1:1
# text = Whoever gets to the doctor's door first should have it, no questions asked
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
15	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Whoever |  |  |  |  | to the doctor's door *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to door=Result |
| 2 | **have** | should |  | door |  |  |  | first *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle |  | no questions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child, because the adult is rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t11:o2:1
# text = The child, because the adult is rude
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the adult | the child *not said here* |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Consider who needs it most and who it would help most, and choose fairly

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t11:o3:1
# text = Consider who needs it most and who it would help most, and choose fairly
1	Consider	consider	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
15	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 3 | **help** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **choose** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fairly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The adult, because adults are always more important

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t11:o4:1
# text = The adult, because adults are always more important
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | adults |  |  |  |  | important *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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