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# Test 10 · ★ · Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill

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A hospital chaplain says, formally, «I am here to sit with you and your family, whatever your faith or none.» Who can talk to her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hospital chaplain · **What happens:** say, be, sit, talk · **To what, where:** chaplain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 59 «Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill» 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/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A hospital chaplain says, formally, «I am here to sit with you and your family, whatever your faith or none.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t10:1
# text = A hospital chaplain says, formally, «I am here to sit with you and your family, whatever your faith or none.»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chaplain	chaplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nmod	_	_
21	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a hospital chaplain |  |  |  |  | formally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a hospital chaplain *= chaplain* |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sit** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with you | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 can talk to her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t10:2
# text = Who can talk to her?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | can |  |  | chaplain |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Anyone, of any faith or none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t10:o1:1
# text = Anyone, of any faith or none
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only doctors and nurses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t10:o2:1
# text = Only doctors and nurses
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	nurses	nurse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only Christians who go to church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t10:o3:1
# text = Only Christians who go to church
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Christians |  |  | church |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only patients who are dying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t10:o4:1
# text = Only patients who are dying
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present · progressive | patients |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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