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Test 7 · ★★★ · Vaccinations and why

A 6-week-old baby has a cough that won't stop. Why is whooping cough so feared for babies?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old baby, cough, whooping cough · What happens: have, not stop, whoop, fear · To what, where: cough

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «Vaccinations and why» 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

Sentence 1: A 6-week-old baby has a cough that won't stop.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 baby	det
2	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 week	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 6	punct
4	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 old	obl:unmarked
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 week	punct
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 baby	amod
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cough	det
10	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	obj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 stop	nsubj
12	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 stop	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 stop	advmod
14	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 cough	acl:relcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a old baby	a cough					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cough=Patient
2	not stop	future	a cough						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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: Why is whooping cough so feared for babies?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 whooping	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 whooping	aux
3	whooping	whoop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 cough	amod
4	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feared	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 feared	advmod
6	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 babies	case
8	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 feared	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whoop speech: other	present · progressive							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fear	past	whooping cough					for babies	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for baby=Attribute

The options

Option 1

It's harmless for babies but keeps the family awake

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 harmless	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 babies	case
5	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmless	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 keeps	cc
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	obj
10	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for babies; harmless property	tree rules
2	keep	present		the family				awake property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme

Option 2

It only affects adults, so it means something else

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 affects	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 affects	advmod
3	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 affects	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 means	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 affects	parataxis
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 means	obj
10	else	else	ADV	_	9 something	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present	It	adults					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus adult=Experiencer
2	mean	present	it	something					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic

Option 3

Babies can't cough, so it goes to their tummy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cough	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cough	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 cough	advmod
4	cough	cough	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 goes	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 goes	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 goes	nsubj
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cough	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 tummy	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tummy	nmod:poss
11	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cough	can	Babies						tree rules
2	go	present	it			Babies's tummy			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tummy=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Babies are most at risk of serious illness from it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 risk	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 risk	cop
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 risk	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 risk	case
5	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 illness	case
7	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 illness	amod
8	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 risk	nmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 illness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Babies			risk		of serious illness from illness	tree rules

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