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title: Identify the principal reason for which medical appointments frequen… — "Five more minutes" and other waiting… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which medical appointments frequently commence later than scheduled. Exam question 4 of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 4 · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games

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Identify the principal reason for which medical appointments frequently commence later than scheduled.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, medical appointments · **What happens:** identify, commence, schedule · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which medical appointments frequently commence later than scheduled.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	appointments	appointment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	commence	commence	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
12	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	scheduled	schedule	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **commence** | present | medical appointments |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; frequently, late *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **schedule** | participle | medical appointments *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Physicians are obliged to commence one hour late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e4:o1:1
# text = Physicians are obliged to commence one hour late
1	Physicians	physician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	commence	commence	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | Physicians |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **commence** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | hour | late *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The youngest patients are always seen first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e4:o2:1
# text = The youngest patients are always seen first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · passive |  | the youngest patients |  |  |  | always, first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Waiting rooms cause clocks to run slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e4:o3:1
# text = Waiting rooms cause clocks to run slowly
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **cause** | present | Waiting rooms | clocks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **run** | to-infinitive | clocks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Certain patients require more time than was planned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e4:o4:1
# text = Certain patients require more time than was planned
1	Certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	planned	plan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Certain patients |  |  |  | time |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **plan** | past · passive | Certain patients *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

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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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