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title: my mate with diabetes is shaky n pale n confused — Getting better, caring for others and… · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate with diabetes is shaky n pale n confused Test 11 · ★ of lesson 82 «Getting better, caring for others and medicines» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Getting better, caring for others and medicines

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my mate with diabetes is shaky n pale n confused

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** be, confuse · **To what, where:** shaky n pale n

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 82 «Getting better, caring for others and medicines» 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/82-getting-better-and-medicines/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t11:1
# text = my mate with diabetes is shaky n pale n confused
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	diabetes	diabetes	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	shaky	shaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	n	n	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	confused	confuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | my mate with diabetes | shaky n pale n |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **confuse** | participle |  | shaky n pale n *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Give her a big glass of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t11:o1:1
# text = Give her a big glass of water
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a big glass of water | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient glass=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tell an adult at once, she may need sugar quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t11:o2:1
# text = Tell an adult at once, she may need sugar quickly
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
10	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **need** | may | adult | sugar |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sugar=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tell her to run around the field to warm herself up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t11:o3:1
# text = Tell her to run around the field to warm herself up
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	warm	warm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **run** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the field |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around field=Trajectory |
| 3 | **warm up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | herself *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent herself=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Let her sleep it off quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t11:o4:1
# text = Let her sleep it off quietly
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep off** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | it |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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