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description: teacher wasn't sure if it was a bad reaction, so she waited. good call? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens» 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 1 · ★★ · Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens

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teacher wasn't sure if it was a bad reaction, so she waited. good call?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, she · **What happens:** not be, be, wait · **To what, where:** bad reaction, good call

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens» 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/13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:t1:1
# text = teacher wasn't sure if it was a bad reaction, so she waited. good call?
1	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
16	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | teacher |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | teacher | a bad reaction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wait** | past | she | good call |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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No, using the pen when unsure is safer than waiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:t1:o1:1
# text = No, using the pen when unsure is safer than waiting
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	unsure	unsure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
10	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | the pen |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | using |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **wait** | gerund | using *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, always wait until you're totally sure it's bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, always wait until you're totally sure it's bad
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | sure, totally *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, she should give him a peanut to check

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:t1:o3:1
# text = No, she should give him a peanut to check
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	peanut	peanut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | should | she | a peanut | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient peanut=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, wait an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, wait an hour
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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