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title: Identify the principal reason for which antibiotics are not administ… — Germs, sneezes and dressing for the we… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which antibiotics are not administered for the common cold. Exam question 1 of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Exam question 1 · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

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Identify the principal reason for which antibiotics are not administered for the common cold.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, not administer · **To what, where:** principal reason, antibiotics

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which antibiotics are not administered for the common cold.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **administer** | present · passive |  | antibiotics |  |  |  | for the principal reason; for the common cold | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Colds are caused by viruses, upon which antibiotics have no effect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:e1:o1:1
# text = Colds are caused by viruses, upon which antibiotics have no effect
1	Colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
9	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | viruses | Colds |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | antibiotics | no effect |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Colds are caused by bacteria too small for antibiotics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:e1:o2:1
# text = Colds are caused by bacteria too small for antibiotics
1	Colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | bacteria | Colds |  |  |  | for antibiotics | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Antibiotics cure colds too rapidly to be safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:e1:o3:1
# text = Antibiotics cure colds too rapidly to be safe
1	Antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cure	cure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | present | Antibiotics | colds |  |  |  | rapidly *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Antibiotics *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Antibiotics are effective only in summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:e1:o4:1
# text = Antibiotics are effective only in summer
1	Antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	effective	effective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Antibiotics |  |  |  | summer | effective *property* | tree rules |

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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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