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title: A girl in Melbourne has a cold and asks her doctor for antibiotics.… — Germs, sneezes and dressing for the we… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Melbourne has a cold and asks her doctor for antibiotics. What will the doctor probably explain? Test 2 · ★★ 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 optio
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

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A girl in Melbourne has a cold and asks her doctor for antibiotics. What will the doctor probably explain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, doctor · **What happens:** have, ask, explain · **To what, where:** cold, doctor

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Melbourne has a cold and asks her doctor for antibiotics.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t2:1
# text = A girl in Melbourne has a cold and asks her doctor for antibiotics.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a girl in Melbourne | a cold |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a girl in Melbourne *not said here* | girl's doctor |  |  |  | for antibiotics | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient |

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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:* What will the doctor probably explain?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t2:2
# text = What will the doctor probably explain?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | future | the doctor |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Antibiotics do not work on viruses, and rest and fluids help a cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t2:o1:1
# text = Antibiotics do not work on viruses, and rest and fluids help a cold
1	Antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fluids	fluid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | Antibiotics |  |  |  |  | on viruses | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on virus=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | present | rest and fluids | a cold |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Antibiotics cure colds in one hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t2:o2:1
# text = Antibiotics cure colds in one hour
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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | present | Antibiotics | colds |  |  | hour |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Antibiotics make the cold spread less to others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t2:o3:1
# text = Antibiotics make the cold spread less to others
1	Antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Antibiotics |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spread** | past | the cold |  |  |  |  | to others; less *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She needs antibiotics for every sneeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t2:o4:1
# text = She needs antibiotics for every sneeze
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	sneeze	sneeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | She | antibiotics |  |  |  | for every sneeze | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot antibiotic=Theme |

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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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