Test 11 · ★ · The big biology quiz, part 2: plants, the body and microbes

«my mate says a vaccine gives you the actual disease, that's how it works» What is the best correction?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, vaccine, that · What happens: say, give, be, work · To what, where: actual disease, you, best correction · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 299 «The big biology quiz, part 2: plants, the body and microbes» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 vaccine	det
6	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 gives	iobj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 disease	det
10	actual	actual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 disease	amod
11	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 how	punct
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 how	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 how	cop
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 works	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 works	nsubj
17	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 works	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 correction	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 correction	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 correction	det
22	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	23 correction	amod
23	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 works	parataxis
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give in a quote	present	a vaccine	the actual disease	you		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient disease=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	that			how property	tree rules
4	work in a quote	present	vaccine				tree rules
5	is a	present		the best correction			tree rules

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

Option 1

Yes, it is the full disease in a tiny bottle, just a bit weaker

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 disease	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 disease	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 disease	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 disease	det
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 disease	amod
7	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 bottle	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bottle	det
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bottle	amod
11	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disease	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bit	punct
13	just	just	ADV	_	15 bit	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bit	det
15	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disease	parataxis
16	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 bit	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the full disease		a tiny bottle			tree rules

Option 2

No, vaccines kill all your blood cells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 kill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kill	nsubj
4	kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 cells	det:predet
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cells	nmod:poss
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cells	compound
8	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	present	vaccines	your blood cells					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cell=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It shows the body a harmless copy or part of the germ, so it learns to fight it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 body	det
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 copy	det
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 copy	amod
7	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 part	cc
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 copy	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 germ	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 germ	det
12	germ	germ	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 learns	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 learns	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 learns	nsubj
16	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 fight	mark
18	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 learns	xcomp
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 fight	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	show	present	It	a harmless copy or part of the germ	the body	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent body=Recipient copy=Topic
2	learn	present	body			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fight	to-infinitive	body not said here	body		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent

Option 4

No, vaccines just make you sleepy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 vaccines	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 make	advmod
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	vaccines	you				sleepy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

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