Test 11 · ★★ · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

If a tummy bug virus can't be killed with medicine, how do people get better?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: people · What happens: not kill, get · To what, where: bug virus

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Tummy bugs and tummy aches» of the medicine 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	9 killed	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 virus	det
3	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bug	compound
4	bug	bug	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 virus	compound
5	virus	virus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 killed	nsubj:pass
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 killed	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 killed	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 killed	aux:pass
9	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 get	advcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 medicine	case
11	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 killed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 get	punct
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 get	advmod
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 get	aux
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 get	nsubj
16	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 get	xcomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not kill a condition, not said to happen	can · passive		a bug virus				with medicine	vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with medicine=Instrument
2	get	present · do-support	people					good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The body's own defences clear it in a few days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 defences	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 body	case
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 defences	amod
5	defences	defence	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clear	nsubj
6	clear	clear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 clear	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 days	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 days	det
10	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 days	amod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clear	present	the body's own defences	body			day		vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source
2	defend		the body						nom defence «process transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They don't, it lasts for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 do	nsubj
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 do	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lasts	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lasts	nsubj
6	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 do	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ever	case
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 lasts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	present	They						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	last	present	it						vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The sick bowl soaks the virus up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bowl	det
2	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bowl	amod
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soaks	nsubj
4	soaks	soak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 virus	det
6	virus	virus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soaks	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	4 soaks	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak up	present	the sick bowl	the virus					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent virus=Source

Option 4

It slowly turns into an ordinary cold

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	3 turns	nsubj
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 turns	advmod
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 cold	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cold	det
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cold	amod
7	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It			a ordinary cold		slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into cold=Trajectory

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