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title: Why does a quick vaccination sting matter less than the vaccine? — Anger and fears · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does a quick vaccination sting matter less than the vaccine? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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 4 · ★★ · Anger and fears

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Why does a quick vaccination sting matter less than the vaccine?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, matter · **To what, where:** quick vaccination sting, less

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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/212-anger-and-fears/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t4:1
# text = Why does a quick vaccination sting matter less than the vaccine?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obj	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | a quick vaccination sting |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sting=Eventuality |
| 2 | **matter** | present |  | less |  |  |  |  | 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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The sting is the medicine itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t4:o1:1
# text = The sting is the medicine itself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the sting | the medicine |  |  |  | sting *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The sting lasts a second, and the vaccine protects you from serious illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t4:o2:1
# text = The sting lasts a second, and the vaccine protects you from serious illness
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | present | the sting |  |  |  | second |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **protect** | present | the vaccine |  | you |  |  | from serious illness | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary from illness=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stings make you stronger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t4:o3:1
# text = Stings make you stronger
1	Stings	sting	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	stronger	strong	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 | Stings | you |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Vaccines only matter for adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t4:o4:1
# text = Vaccines only matter for adults
1	Vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 | Vaccines |  |  |  |  | for adults | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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