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title: my aunt says reading in the car makes you "throw up for a whole week… — Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai… · tree and pragmatics
description: my aunt says reading in the car makes you "throw up for a whole week". what's prob exaggerated Test 19 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 19 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

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my aunt says reading in the car makes you "throw up for a whole week". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** aunt, reading, you · **What happens:** say, read, make, throw up, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** car, you, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t19:1
# text = my aunt says reading in the car makes you "throw up for a whole week". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
19	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
22	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my aunt |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **read** | gerund |  |  |  | the car |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | present | reading | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **throw up** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | week |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That fresh air helps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t19:o1:1
# text = That fresh air helps
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | that fresh air |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That cars can make you sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t19:o2:1
# text = That cars can make you sick
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | that cars | you |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That reading can worsen it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t19:o3:1
# text = That reading can worsen it
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	worsen	worsen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worsen** | can | that reading | it |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The whole week; reading can make car sickness worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t19:o4:1
# text = The whole week; reading can make car sickness worse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sickness	sickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | week reading | car sickness |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sickness=Product |

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