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title: Why do children in the UK stay off school for 48 hours after a tummy… — Food, drinks and feeling ill · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do children in the UK stay off school for 48 hours after a tummy bug? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 81 «Food, drinks and feeling ill» 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 5 · ★ · Food, drinks and feeling ill

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Why do children in the UK stay off school for 48 hours after a tummy bug?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** children · **What happens:** stay off · **To what, where:** school

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 81 «Food, drinks and feeling ill» 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/81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:t5:1
# text = Why do children in the UK stay off school for 48 hours after a tummy bug?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	48	48	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	bug	bug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay off** | present · do-support | children in the UK | school |  |  | after a tummy bug; hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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The tummy is too weak to sit up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:t5:o1:1
# text = The tummy is too weak to sit up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the tummy |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit up** | to-infinitive | the tummy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Teachers need time to clean all the desks and chairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:t5:o2:1
# text = Teachers need time to clean all the desks and chairs
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	desks	desk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Teachers |  |  |  | time |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **clean** | to-infinitive | Teachers *not said here* | all desks and chairs |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent desk=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tummy bugs spread very easily to others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:t5:o3:1
# text = Tummy bugs spread very easily to others
1	Tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bugs	bug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | Tummy bugs |  |  |  |  | to others; easily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a rule about school dinners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:t5:o4:1
# text = It is a rule about school dinners
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dinners	dinner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a rule |  |  |  | about school dinners | 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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