--- title: If smallpox no longer exists anywhere in the wild, why do we not vac… — The age of science · tree and pragmatics description: If smallpox no longer exists anywhere in the wild, why do we not vaccinate children against it today? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «The age of science» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/29-the-age-of-science/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [The age of science](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/29-the-age-of-science/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · The age of science If smallpox no longer exists anywhere in the wild, why do we not vaccinate children against it today? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** smallpox, we · **What happens:** exist, not vaccinate · **To what, where:** wild, children This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «The age of science» of the history 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/history/29-the-age-of-science/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t4:1 # text = If smallpox no longer exists anywhere in the wild, why do we not vaccinate children against it today? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 smallpox smallpox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 no no ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 exists exist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 6 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 12 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 vaccinate vaccinate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 17 against against ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exist** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | smallpox | | | the wild | | anywhere, long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wild=Location | | 2 | **not** **vaccinate** | present · do-support | we | children | | | today | against smallpox | tree rules | 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} Smallpox is now completely harmless to children ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t4:o1:1 # text = Smallpox is now completely harmless to children 1 Smallpox smallpox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 4 completely completely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Smallpox | | | | now | to children; completely, harmless *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Children cannot have vaccines ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t4:o2:1 # text = Children cannot have vaccines 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 vaccines vaccine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | can | Children | vaccines | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vaccine=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} There is no smallpox left to catch ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t4:o3:1 # text = There is no smallpox left to catch 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 smallpox smallpox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | no smallpox | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | no smallpox *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The vaccine was lost a long time ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t4:o4:1 # text = The vaccine was lost a long time ago 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vaccine vaccine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 ago ago ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | the vaccine | | | | ago *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | **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. 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