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# Test 17 · ★ · Getting better, caring for others and medicines

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my uncle says "feed a cold, starve a fever" so i shouldn't eat with my temp, true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, i · **What happens:** say, feed, starve, not eat · **To what, where:** cold, fever · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t17:1
# text = my uncle says "feed a cold, starve a fever" so i shouldn't eat with my temp, true?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	starve	starve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	temp	temp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **feed** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a cold |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Recipient |
| 3 | **starve** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a fever |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **eat** | should | i |  |  |  |  | with my temp | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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True, starve both a cold and a fever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t17:o1:1
# text = True, starve both a cold and a fever
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	starve	starve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc:preconj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve** | imperative | you *not said here* | a cold and a fever |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
True, eating makes a fever much worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t17:o2:1
# text = True, eating makes a fever much worse
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | a fever |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fever=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A myth; with a cold or fever you eat what you can and drink plenty

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t17:o3:1
# text = A myth; with a cold or fever you eat what you can and drink plenty
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
16	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | you | a myth |  |  |  | with a cold or fever | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 2 | **drink** | infinitive | you *not said here* | plenty |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
True, but you must not drink anything either

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t17:o4:1
# text = True, but you must not drink anything either
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **drink** | must | you | anything |  |  |  | either *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |

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