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title: «green snot = I need antibiotics, mum» What is right? — The body's rough side: burps, farts, s… · tree and pragmatics
description: «green snot = I need antibiotics, mum» What is right? Test 3 of lesson 364 «The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccups and poo» 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.
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# Test 3 · The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccup…

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«green snot = I need antibiotics, mum» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** need, be · **To what, where:** antibiotics · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 364 «The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccups and poo» 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/364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t3:1
# text = «green snot = I need antibiotics, mum» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	snot	snot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
7	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** *in a quote* | present | I | antibiotics and mum |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot antibiotic=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, green snot always means bacteria

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, green snot always means bacteria
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	snot	snot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | green snot | bacteria |  |  |  | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bacteria=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Not always; the green comes from white blood cells fighting any germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t3:o2:1
# text = Not always; the green comes from white blood cells fighting any germs
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	green	green	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the green |  |  | white blood cells |  | always *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from cell=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **fight** | gerund | white blood cells *not said here* | any germs |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, green snot means you are allergic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, green snot means you are allergic
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	snot	snot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	allergic	allergic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | green snot |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | allergic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, green snot means you ate spinach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t3:o4:1
# text = No, green snot means you ate spinach
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	snot	snot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	spinach	spinach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | green snot |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | past | you | spinach |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spinach=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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