--- title: «got a stinking cold, doc better give me antibiotics» What is right? — The microscopic world: bacteria, good… · tree and pragmatics description: «got a stinking cold, doc better give me antibiotics» What is right? Test 2 of lesson 257 «The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The microscopic world: bacteria, good…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad/) / t2 # Test 2 · The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad «got a stinking cold, doc better give me antibiotics» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** get, doc, give, be · **To what, where:** stinking, antibiotics, me This is test 2 of lesson 257 «The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t2:1 # text = «got a stinking cold, doc better give me antibiotics» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stinking stinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 doc doc VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 9 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 antibiotics antibiotic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 13 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | | a stinking | | | | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stinking=Stimulus | | 2 | **doc** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | antibiotics | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient antibiotic=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Antibiotics do not work on cold viruses ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t2:o1:1 # text = Antibiotics do not work on cold viruses 1 Antibiotics antibiotic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 viruses virus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | Antibiotics | | | | | on cold viruses | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on virus=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Antibiotics cure a cold in an hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t2:o2:1 # text = Antibiotics cure a cold in an hour 1 Antibiotics antibiotic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cure cure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | present | Antibiotics | a cold | | | hour | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Only strong antibiotics work on colds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t2:o3:1 # text = Only strong antibiotics work on colds 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 antibiotics antibiotic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 colds cold NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | strong antibiotics | | | | | on colds | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on cold=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Antibiotics make you catch more colds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t2:o4:1 # text = Antibiotics make you catch more colds 1 Antibiotics antibiotic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 colds cold NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Antibiotics | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **catch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | more colds | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme | **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. 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