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title: If a tummy bug virus can't be killed with medicine, how do people ge… — Tummy bugs and tummy aches · tree and pragmatics
description: If a tummy bug virus can't be killed with medicine, how do people get better? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Tummy bugs and tummy aches» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

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If a tummy bug virus can't be killed with medicine, how do people get better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** not kill, get · **To what, where:** bug virus

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Tummy bugs and tummy aches» of the medicine 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/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t11:1
# text = If a tummy bug virus can't be killed with medicine, how do people get better?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bug	bug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	virus	virus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
17	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | can · passive |  | a bug virus |  |  |  | with medicine | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with medicine=Instrument |
| 2 | **get** | present · do-support | people |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

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The body's own defences clear it in a few days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t11:o1:1
# text = The body's own defences clear it in a few days
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	defences	defence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	clear	clear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clear** | present | the body's own defences | body |  |  | day |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source |
| 2 | **defend** |  | the body |  |  |  |  |  | nom defence «process transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They don't, it lasts for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t11:o2:1
# text = They don't, it lasts for ever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **last** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sick bowl soaks the virus up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t11:o3:1
# text = The sick bowl soaks the virus up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	soaks	soak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	virus	virus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak up** | present | the sick bowl | the virus |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent virus=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It slowly turns into an ordinary cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t11:o4:1
# text = It slowly turns into an ordinary cold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It |  |  | a ordinary cold |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into cold=Trajectory |

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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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