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# Test 1 · ★★★ · A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions

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kid in my class has diabetes, mate says it's 'cos he ate too many sweets. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, mate · **What happens:** have, say, be · **To what, where:** diabetes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 16 «A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions» 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/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t1:1
# text = kid in my class has diabetes, mate says it's 'cos he ate too many sweets. true?
1	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	diabetes	diabetes	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
20	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | kid in my class | diabetes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diabetes=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present | mate |  |  |  |  | eat, true *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, too many sweets wear out the bit that makes insulin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, too many sweets wear out the bit that makes insulin
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	insulin	insulin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear out** | present | many sweets | the bit |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | the bit | insulin |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset insulin=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, type 1 is the immune system destroying insulin-making cells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t1:o2:1
# text = No, type 1 is the immune system destroying insulin-making cells
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	immune	immune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	destroying	destroy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	insulin	insulin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the type immune system |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **destroy** | gerund | the type immune system *not said here* | making cells |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cell=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, and chocolate makes it worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, and chocolate makes it worse
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | chocolate | it |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's from catching a bad cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t1:o4:1
# text = No, it's from catching a bad cold
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present · progressive | it | a bad cold |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme |

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