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title: The nurse says vaccines are a long story that starts with cows. Who… — Light, machines and medicine: how the… · tree and pragmatics
description: The nurse says vaccines are a long story that starts with cows. Who else belongs in it? Test 4 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years chang…

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The nurse says vaccines are a long story that starts with cows. Who else belongs in it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nurse, vaccines, long story · **What happens:** say, be, start, belong · **To what, where:** long story, story · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The nurse says vaccines are a long story that starts with cows.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t4:1
# text = The nurse says vaccines are a long story that starts with cows.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 | the nurse |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | vaccines | a long story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **start** | present | a long story |  |  |  |  | with cows | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with cow=Subeventuality |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who else belongs in it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t4:2
# text = Who else belongs in it?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obl	_	_
2	else	else	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present |  |  |  | story |  | else *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nobody: cows invented it and people just copied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t4:o1:1
# text = Nobody: cows invented it and people just copied
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | Nobody | it |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result |
| 2 | **copy** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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People in China, India, Africa and Onesimus in Boston

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t4:o2:1
# text = People in China, India, Africa and Onesimus in Boston
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Onesimus	Onesimus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Boston	Boston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Wright brothers, who flew vaccines around the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t4:o3:1
# text = The Wright brothers, who flew vaccines around the world
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Wright	Wright	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | the Wright brothers | vaccines |  | the world |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent vaccine=Theme around world=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only Jenner; nobody else had any idea before him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t4:o4:1
# text = Only Jenner; nobody else had any idea before him
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Jenner	Jenner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
5	else	else	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Jenner | any idea |  |  | before him *= he* |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |

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