Test 12 · ★ · Germs, hygiene and vaccines

my mum's mate says take antibiotics for a cold. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say, take · To what, where: antibiotics · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 37 «Germs, hygiene and vaccines» of the world 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mate	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mum	case
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
7	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 take	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 cold	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cold	det
10	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 true	punct
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mum's mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take	present		antibiotics				for a cold	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent antibiotic=Theme for cold=Beneficiary

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

No, colds are viruses and antibiotics only kill bacteria

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 viruses	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 viruses	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 viruses	cop
5	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 kill	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 antibiotics	cc
7	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 viruses	conj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 kill	advmod
9	kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 kill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	colds	viruses and antibiotics					tree rules
2	kill	present	viruses and antibiotics	bacteria					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bacterium=Theme

Option 2

No, colds are cured by eating sweets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 cured	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cured	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cured	aux:pass
5	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 eating	mark
7	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 cured	advcl
8	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	present · passive		colds					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source
2	eat	gerund		sweets					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient

Option 3

Yes, they work best on colds and stop them in a single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 work	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 work	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 work	nsubj
4	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 work	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 colds	case
7	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 work	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stop	cc
9	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 work	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stop	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 day	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 day	det
13	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 day	amod
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	they					on colds; well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on cold=Theme
2	stop	present	they not said here	colds = cold			day		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, antibiotics cure every illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 cure	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cure	nsubj
4	cure	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 illness	det
6	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cure	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	present	antibiotics	every illness					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source

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