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title: Mia's crusty yellow sores spread when she scratches. What's the best… — Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lic… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia's crusty yellow sores spread when she scratches. What's the best plan? Test 7 of lesson 11 «Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends» 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 7 · Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends

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Mia's crusty yellow sores spread when she scratches. What's the best plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crusty yellow sores, Mia, best plan · **What happens:** spread, scratch, be

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This is test 7 of lesson 11 «Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends» 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/11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia's crusty yellow sores spread when she scratches.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:t7:1
# text = Mia's crusty yellow sores spread when she scratches.
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	crusty	crusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sores	sore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	scratches	scratch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | Mia's crusty yellow sores |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **scratch** | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 the best plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:t7:2
# text = What's the best plan?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best plan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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See a GP or pharmacist for antibacterial treatment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:t7:o1:1
# text = See a GP or pharmacist for antibacterial treatment
1	See	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	GP	gp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pharmacist	pharmacist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	antibacterial	antibacterial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | a GP or pharmacist |  |  |  | for antibacterial treatment | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gp=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pick the crusts off so the air gets in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:t7:o2:1
# text = Pick the crusts off so the air gets in
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crusts	crust	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the crusts |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crust=Patient |
| 2 | **get in** | present | the air |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rub sand on them to dry them out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:t7:o3:1
# text = Rub sand on them to dry them out
1	Rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | sand |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sand=Theme on they=Destination |
| 2 | **dry out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hide them under make-up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends:t7:o4:1
# text = Hide them under make-up
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	make	make	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | make up |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient under up=Location |

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