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title: Your older cousin is 14 and has a headache. Why not just give him as… — First aid, medicine and the sun · tree and pragmatics
description: Your older cousin is 14 and has a headache. Why not just give him aspirin? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 210 «First aid, medicine and the sun» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · First aid, medicine and the sun

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Your older cousin is 14 and has a headache. Why not just give him aspirin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** older cousin, you · **What happens:** be, have, not give · **To what, where:** 14, headache, aspirin, him

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 210 «First aid, medicine and the sun» of the everyday 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/everyday/210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your older cousin is 14 and has a headache.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t2:1
# text = Your older cousin is 14 and has a headache.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	headache	headache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Your older cousin | 14 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | Your older cousin *not said here* | a headache |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headache=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why not just give him aspirin?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t2:2
# text = Why not just give him aspirin?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | aspirin | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient aspirin=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Aspirin is a sweet with no effect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t2:o1:1
# text = Aspirin is a sweet with no effect
1	Aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Aspirin | a sweet |  |  |  | with no effect | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Teenagers never really get proper headaches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t2:o2:1
# text = Teenagers never really get proper headaches
1	Teenagers	teenager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	headaches	headache	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | infinitive | Teenagers | proper headaches |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer headache=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Under 16, aspirin can cause a rare but serious illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t2:o3:1
# text = Under 16, aspirin can cause a rare but serious illness
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | can | 16 aspirin | a rare illness |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition illness=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aspirin only works for grown-ups who are over 60 years old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t2:o4:1
# text = Aspirin only works for grown-ups who are over 60 years old
1	Aspirin	aspirin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Aspirin |  |  |  |  | for grown ups | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for up=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | grown ups |  |  |  | year | old *property* | tree rules |

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