--- title: My friend can eat cake, so he can't really be diabetic. Smart? — A classmate with diabetes, and other l… · tree and pragmatics description: My friend can eat cake, so he can't really be diabetic. Smart? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 16 «A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [A classmate with diabetes, and other l…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★★ · A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions My friend can eat cake, so he can't really be diabetic. Smart? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** eat, not be · **To what, where:** cake This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* My friend can eat cake, so he can't really be diabetic. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t12:1 # text = My friend can eat cake, so he can't really be diabetic. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 9 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 really really ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 diabetic diabetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | can | My friend | cake | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient | | 2 | **not** **is** | can | friend | | | | | diabetic *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Smart? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t12:2 # text = Smart? 1 Smart Smart PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, diabetics can't eat cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t12:o1:1 # text = Yes, diabetics can't eat cake 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 diabetics diabetic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **eat** | can | diabetics | cake | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, he's lying ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, he's lying 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present · progressive | he | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, with carb counting and insulin he can eat most foods ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t12:o3:1 # text = No, with carb counting and insulin he can eat most foods 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 carb carb NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 counting counting NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 insulin insulin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 11 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 foods food NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | can | he | most foods | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, cake cures diabetes ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t12:o4:1 # text = No, cake cures diabetes 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cures cure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 diabetes diabetes NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | present | cake | diabetes | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer diabetes=Source | **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. 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