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description: A ten-year-old in Brisbane has a fever. Who should decide on medicine and how much? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 5 · ★ · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home

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A ten-year-old in Brisbane has a fever. Who should decide on medicine and how much?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** year old · **What happens:** have, decide · **To what, where:** fever

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» 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/295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A ten-year-old in Brisbane has a fever.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t5:1
# text = A ten-year-old in Brisbane has a fever.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a year old | a fever |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=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:* Who should decide on medicine and how much?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t5:2
# text = Who should decide on medicine and how much?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | should |  |  |  |  |  | on medicine | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on medicine=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The child, using one of the adult tablets from the shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t5:o1:1
# text = The child, using one of the adult tablets from the shelf
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	tablets	tablet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | the child *not said here* | one of the adult tablets |  | the shelf |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

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

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A grown-up, using a children's medicine and dose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t5:o2:1
# text = A grown-up, using a children's medicine and dose
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	dose	dose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | gerund |  | a children's medicine and dose |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Patient |
| 3 | **medicine** |  | a children |  |  |  |  |  | nom medicine «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A friend who once took the same thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t5:o3:1
# text = A friend who once took the same thing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
5	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | a friend | the same thing |  |  |  | once *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The child, by guessing the right amount

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t5:o4:1
# text = The child, by guessing the right amount
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	guessing	guess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | gerund |  | the right amount |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Theme |

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