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title: Mum says flat cola is good for a tummy bug. What's better? — Tummy bugs and tummy aches · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum says flat cola is good for a tummy bug. What's better? Test 2 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

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Mum says flat cola is good for a tummy bug. What's better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, flat cola · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum says flat cola is good for a tummy bug.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t2:1
# text = Mum says flat cola is good for a tummy bug.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bug	bug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | flat cola |  |  |  |  | for a tummy bug; good *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t2:2
# text = What's better?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A thick milkshake to line the tummy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t2:o1:1
# text = A thick milkshake to line the tummy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	milkshake	milkshake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	line	line	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **line** | to-infinitive |  | the tummy |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tummy=Destination |

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

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Oral rehydration solution or small sips of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t2:o2:1
# text = Oral rehydration solution or small sips of water
1	Oral	oral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	rehydration	rehydration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	solution	solution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sips	sip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sip** |  |  | water |  |  |  |  | nom sip «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Energy drinks to get your strength back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t2:o3:1
# text = Energy drinks to get your strength back
1	Energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | to-infinitive |  | your strength |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer strength=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lots of sweet fruit juice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t2:o4:1
# text = Lots of sweet fruit juice
1	Lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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