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description: In a cartoon a dog eats a whole cake and is sick but is fixed with one pill. What's wrong about bugs and pills? Test 4 · ★★ 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 ch
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Tummy bugs and tummy aches

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In a cartoon a dog eats a whole cake and is sick but is fixed with one pill. What's wrong about bugs and pills?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** eat, be, fix · **To what, where:** whole cake, cartoon

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a dog eats a whole cake and is sick but is fixed with one pill.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon a dog eats a whole cake and is sick but is fixed with one pill.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	pill	pill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | a dog | a whole cake |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | a dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fix** | present · passive | a dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with one pill | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: with pill=Co-Patient |

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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 wrong about bugs and pills?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t4:2
# text = What's wrong about bugs and pills?
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	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bugs	bug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pills	pill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about bugs and pills; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, there is a pill for every tummy bug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t4:o1:1
# text = Nothing, there is a pill for every tummy bug
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pill	pill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bug	bug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | Nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Most tummy upsets just need time, fluids and rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t4:o2:1
# text = Most tummy upsets just need time, fluids and rest
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
2	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	upsets	upset	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	fluids	fluid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Most tummy upsets |  |  |  | time |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dogs can't be sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t4:o3:1
# text = Dogs can't be sick
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | can | Dogs |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cake can't upset a tummy, only bad meat can

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches:t4:o4:1
# text = Cake can't upset a tummy, only bad meat can
1	Cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	upset	upset	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **upset** | can | Cake |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

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