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title: toby's mate says fleming saved everyone in like a day lol. what's th… — Light, machines and medicine: how the… · tree and pragmatics
description: toby's mate says fleming saved everyone in like a day lol. what's the real story Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years changed a normal day» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years chang…

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toby's mate says fleming saved everyone in like a day lol. what's the real story

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, fleming · **What happens:** say, save in, be · **To what, where:** everyone, real story · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years changed a normal day» 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/65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t1:1
# text = toby's mate says fleming saved everyone in like a day lol. what's the real story
1	toby	toby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fleming	fleming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | toby's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **save in** | past | fleming | everyone |  |  | day |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the real story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fleming spotted it; a team took years to make the medicine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t1:o1:1
# text = Fleming spotted it; a team took years to make the medicine
1	Fleming	Fleming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spotted	spot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past | Fleming | it |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |
| 2 | **take** | past | a team |  |  |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | a team *not said here* | the medicine |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset medicine=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fleming invented the vaccine for cows, not penicillin, duh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t1:o2:1
# text = Fleming invented the vaccine for cows, not penicillin, duh
1	Fleming	Fleming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	penicillin	penicillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | Fleming | the vaccine |  |  |  | for cows and penicillin | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent vaccine=Result for cow=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Correct, one man in one day, then everyone was cured

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t1:o3:1
# text = Correct, one man in one day, then everyone was cured
1	Correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	conj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	cured	cure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | past · passive |  | Correct one man in one day |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, penicillin was only found in 2020

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, penicillin was only found in 2020
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	penicillin	penicillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	2020	2020	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | penicillin |  | 2020 |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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