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title: Why does sunscreen matter for children even if they do not mind goin… — First aid, medicine and the sun · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does sunscreen matter for children even if they do not mind going red? Test 8 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · First aid, medicine and the sun

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Why does sunscreen matter for children even if they do not mind going red?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sunscreen, children · **What happens:** matter, not mind, go

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t8:1
# text = Why does sunscreen matter for children even if they do not mind going red?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	sunscreen	sunscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
13	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present · do-support | sunscreen |  |  |  |  | for children | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **mind** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | children *= child* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sunburn makes you taller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t8:o1:1
# text = Sunburn makes you taller
1	Sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Sunburn | you |  |  |  | tall *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sunburn raises the risk of skin cancer later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t8:o2:1
# text = Sunburn raises the risk of skin cancer later
1	Sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	raises	raise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present | Sunburn | the risk of skin cancer |  |  |  | late *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme |
| 2 | **risk** |  |  | skin cancer |  |  |  |  | nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Red skin is only a colour change and soon fades

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t8:o3:1
# text = Red skin is only a colour change and soon fades
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	fades	fade	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Red skin | a colour change |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fade** | present | Red skin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It only matters for adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun:t8:o4:1
# text = It only matters for adults
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for adults | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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