--- title: Ben asks, «What if Dad dies in the operation?» What should the grown… — Illness, hospitals and children who ar… · tree and pragmatics description: Ben asks, «What if Dad dies in the operation?» What should the grown-ups do? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 59 «Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill» 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Illness, hospitals and children who ar…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill Ben asks, «What if Dad dies in the operation?» What should the grown-ups do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ben, Dad, grown ups · **What happens:** ask, die, grow, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ben asks, «What if Dad dies in the operation?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t7:1 # text = Ben asks, «What if Dad dies in the operation?» 1 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 ccomp _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 operation operation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Ben | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Dad | | | | | in the operation | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in operation=Attribute | 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. *Sentence 2:* What should the grown-ups do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t7:2 # text = What should the grown-ups do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | should | the grown ups | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Promise him that nothing could ever, ever go wrong in any heart operation at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t7:o1:1 # text = Promise him that nothing could ever, ever go wrong in any heart operation at all 1 Promise promise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 9 advmod _ _ 9 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 13 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 operation operation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | any heart operation | ever | at all; wrong *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in operation=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tell him the operation is only a quick check-up, nothing more ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t7:o2:1 # text = Tell him the operation is only a quick check-up, nothing more 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 operation operation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 check check NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 conj _ _ 14 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | the operation | a quick check up | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tell him the honest chances, which are good, and keep him busy while he waits ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t7:o3:1 # text = Tell him the honest chances, which are good, and keep him busy while he waits 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 chances chance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 15 while while SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 waits wait VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the honest chances | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient chance=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | the honest chances | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | busy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **wait** | present | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tell him not to be so silly and send him straight up to bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:t7:o4:1 # text = Tell him not to be so silly and send him straight up to bed 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 straight straight ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | bed | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bed=Destination | **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. 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